Venom Trailer 2 Breakdown: 11 Things You Need To See
10. "They're A Higher Life Form"
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Though Sony have stopped short of confirming the origin of the symbiotes in their movie universe, this most recent trailer offered as clear a hint as any that they are sticking with the alien origin from the comics.
That particular origin has just received an update in the comics, but fans will still be encouraged by Drake's narration in the trailer, which refers to the beings as a "higher life form". Now he could just be singing his own praises as a scientist, but the more likely scenario is that the Life Foundation retrieved the symbiotes in an extra-terrestrial encounter - potentially in a space mission gone wrong.
It certainly assuages fears that the film could lean more into the science experiment route, and with an alien lore established - and in light of Venom's more recent comics too - these could be the first seeds of the franchise Sony are so eager to build.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
