Tom Hardy's Venom did show up in the end-credits scenes of Spider-Man: No Way Home. He was at a bar, confused, and was considering heading to New York when he suddenly got beamed back to his original universe… leaving a piece of his symbiote beyond.
In the final moments of the mid-credits scene, we see that a piece of the symbiote responsible for Venom actually separated from Eddie as he vanished, and landed on the bar. After a moment, we also see that it's very much still active, as it crawls off — presumably to find its MCU host.
Spider-Man: No Way Home post-credits scenes, explained
The first features Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock and Venom – now in the MCU – speaking to a bartender (Ted Lasso's Cristo Fernandez) and trying to comprehend the amount of super-powered beings in this universe. The second is a now out-of-date Doctor Strange 2 trailer.
Spider-Man: No Way Home nearly featured more of Venom, according to co-writer Chris McKenna. While Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock/Venom does pop in the recent Marvel movie – albeit in a post-credits scene – it turns out there were more plans for appearances throughout the main events of No Way Home.
It's a result of the spell Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) casts at the end of No Way Home, but a spot of Venom's symbiote is left behind on the bar after Eddie has left. The scene means No Way Home does technically feature the Sinister Six.
So, what's the deal? According to No Way Home co-writer Chris McKenna, it all comes down to what Venom says about his species' "hive knowledge across universes" that could fry Eddie's tiny human brain. “The idea is that the Symbiote has knowledge of other universes," McKenna explained to Variety.
Ultimately, the writing duo knew it was important to not lose Tom Holland's Peter Parker in the menagerie of other characters, and thus, Venom was relegated to a post-credits scene.
But why does Venom lick the TV with Peter's face on it? Besides communicating the apparent fact that Venom wants to eat brains — and Peter's looks tasty to Venom — Venom's hunger appears to be proof of an intrinsic attraction to Peter Parker.
No Way Home Proves Tom Hardy's Venom Is From Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man Universe. Based on how the Sinister Six appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Hardy's Venom could hail from the same reality as Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man.
“Buried in his brain is some knowledge of that connection.” So, we know that in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man universe, Venom knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. And if the symbiote retains knowledge from all of its doppelgängers, then it would make sense that Tom Hardy's Venom knows who Spider-Man is as well.
Venom was the sixth member of the Sinister Six in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' During IGN Fan Fest, Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna discussed the future of Venom in the MCU. Eddie Brock, played by Tom Hardy, appeared in a post-credits scene.
However, it looks like Marvel Studios might just have new plans for Hardy's anti-hero. A new report by Culture Spider on Twitter states that fans will allegedly witness Tom Holland's Spider-Man being pitted against Hardy's Venom in the upcoming Spider-Man 4.
The movie doesn't clearly state why, but Venom is probably afraid of Carnage because Carnage doesn't have the moral restrictions that Venom does. They are alien symbiotes. This means they need another living host to bond with if they're going to survive long-term.
Venom, or Edward Brock, Jr. is the final antagonist of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy, serving as the main antagonist of Spider-Man 3. He was portrayed by Topher Grace.
Michael Morbius (Earth-616)
It's confirmed that Spider-Man, Venom, Morbius, and it's safe to say Kraven, exist all in the same universe. However, which Spider-Man exactly remains to be seen as there is the Tom Holland version in the MCU, Andrew Garfield from the Amazing Spider-Man films, and Tobey Maguire from the Sam Raimi movies.
During the fight, Mulligan is apparently killed by Barrison, but absorbs a piece of one of the symbiotes, which later revives him and causes his eyes to glow blue.
Miles Morales, the movies' first black Spider-Man, was the focus of the movie, yes, but he was a Spider-Man among Spider-Men. But Morales' time as our lone webslinger doesn't last long.
The Venom symbiote's first human host was Spider-Man himself, who eventually discovered its true nefarious nature and separated himself from the creature in The Amazing Spider-Man #258 (November 1984)—with a brief rejoining five months later in Web of Spider-Man #1.
Type of Hero
Venom is an anti-hero in the Spider-Man franchise. He is one of Spider-Man's archenemies later turned rival.
However, when asked by the press about this rumor, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige played coy about Venom's inclusion in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the post-credit scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, it was finally confirmed to fans that one of Parker's biggest villains had seemingly arrived in the MCU.
The spawn of the Venom symbiote then attached itself to Kasady through his bloodstream. Carnage achieves this by entering Kasady's body through a cut on his hand. This is the reason why Carnage appears as the colour red, as he entered through the bloodstream, which is of course red.
What does Venom mean when he says that is a red one? In the trailer, the Venom symbiote expressed reluctance about fighting him after noticing that Carnage is a “red one,” which suggests that red symbiotes are naturally more powerful than all other members of his species.
Venom's most dangerous offspring became one of Marvel's most vicious villains after bonding with serial killer Cletus Kasady. Carnage is more violent, unpredictable, and some would say more powerful than Venom.