Tom Hardy Presents New ‘Venom’ Trailer At CinemaCon

Before the Avengers: Infinity War hype floods the media, Sony made one swift push to tie fans over until said film drops. Venom's first trailer was not exactly well recieved by critics or fans alike. People have long been skeptical about the Venom film. After rumors that it would only have about 5 minutes of Venom screen time, to the whole behind the scenes argument between Kevin Fiege and Amy Pascal to whether or not Venom would be part of the MCU. But this trailer gets me feeling much, much better about things.

Tom Hardy is looking incredible as both Eddie Brock and Venom, and the film seems to be sticking quite close to the source material. Although it doesn't look like Brock will have cancer, Deadpool already did this, I do think it's something they could potentially bring in in a later film in the Sony's Marvel Universe- as they're calling it. According to Amy Pascal, Venom will be set in a world adjunct to the MCU. This means that it is set in the same world, its just whilst Venom may be impacted by the larger events of the MCU, Venom will have no impact on the larger MCU. A way I look at it is like the MCU TV shows. They take place within the same world, but the shows hold no impact on the films, the films have impact on the shows though. Venom, if it is indeed still set adjunct to the MCU, will be the same.

This new poster for Venom is truly magnificant and gets the feel and mood of Venom so correct. Eddie and Venom are basically two seperate entities, with different motives, sharing the same body. This poster represents that. Whilst I wish Eddie had cancer, it would have been a great acting gig for Tom Hardy to play with, and also give more connection between why Eddie needs Venom to survive. But also- Venom looks fucking awesome.

One thing I will give Spider-Man 3 probs for was its visual representation of Venom. Whilst the portrayal of Eddie and Venom was horrible, Venom looked quite comic book accurate- however he wasn't big or intimidating enough. This film looks to change al that- I get serious It Pennywise the Dancing Clown vibes from Hardy's Venom, and you're about to find out why.

I will now break down my top 7 moments from the second Venom trailer.

7: Officially embrace anti-hero status

This trailer told us to "embrace our inner anti-hero." This confirms Venom will be an anti-hero which I am fine with personally. I hope he is more villain than hero personally. Anti-hero movies are getting much more popular since Suicide Squad released last year. I hope Venom plays up the villain aspect.

6: The plot explained

For many, the plot of this movie has long been a mystery. We know that Spider-Man won't be in the film, as he is with Marvel at the moment, and Venom is one of the main Spidey enemies, so many were wondering if a Spidey-universe without Spidey could work. We know that Venom will begin the Sony Marvel Universe, which is set to be set in an adjunct world to the MCU, and the SMU will continue with Silver & Black, the Silver Sable and Black Cat movie. But how will the universe move forward without a Spider-Man- who all these characters are supposed to revolve around? Well, this film may have the answer. Eddie Brock is a reporter- his job is to annoy people to get a good story. He finds some shady shit going down with some shady businessmen, and soon he becomes involved in a much greater scheme. There are many symbiotes locked up by these businessmen, and Eddie gets infected. He will persumably help Venom free the other symbiotes and in doing so form a connection to the symbiote- whether it be for good or for bad. I am excited.

5: First experience

This is persumably the scene where Eddie realises the symbiote he linked with also gives him powers. Its a great moment, with great visuals and great face, body and voice acting by Tom Hardy. It looks to be perhaps one of the many standout moments in the film.

4: Motorbike chase

The motorbike chase scene was truly thrilling and I am excited to see it take place on screen. As Eddie rides through the street- perhaps he hasn't worked out how to swing yet, we see the symbiote helping him escape his pursuers in multiple different ways. We see the black webs helping him take out following cars and help Eddie jump in the air and stay steady. Its super enthrilling and I cannot wait to see it on screen. All American action movies have some kind of car chase scene, but Venom's has the potential to be a standout.

3: The voices in his head

When Eddie fuses with Venom he begins to go a little crazy. Eddie and Venom are two seperate entities sharing the same body. When Venom fuses with Eddie in the trailer, Eddie suddenly doesn't only have his innocent voice in his head. Suddenly he also has the not so innocent voice, Venom, in his head. This is where the anti-hero aspect comes into Venom. Whilst Eddie overall isn't that bad a guy, Venom brings out a different side. I am excited to see this conflict. But again, a great storyline would have been Eddie suffering from cancer and his suit is the only thing keeping him alive. Although Deadpool already did this, Venom could have taken it in a much more dramatic route, unlike Deadpool's mostly comedic take on the subject matter.

2: Pennywise vibes

This shot here was so exciting. And for a while it took me a bit to think about what it was from. Until I remembered- in It: Chapter 1, Pennywise the Dancing Clown's face openss and his teeth become bigger and his mouth stretches. It was a horrifying scene in the film. In this scene Venom does something similiar. As his symbiote covers his face, the teeth are shown as huge as his "mask" covers his face. It was literally ripped right out of the comics. I loved it. This scene leads me to my number 1 trailer moment, which is…

1: Venom first look

This was the moment that made me truly have faith in this film. It comes out later this year, and let me just say- I have been skeptical. But this Venom- this is Venom ripped right from the comics! Just like Hardy nailed his portrayal of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, I feel he will also correctly portray Venom. From the black of his symbiote suit, to the eyes, to that tongue Venom is so famous for. It seemed like something ripped from the comics or the animated shows. It was, suffice to say, perfect. I am hoping Venom himself gets more than five minutes screen time. Past Hulk films have shown that using a character sparingly is bad for a films success. No one goes to a superhero film to not see the superhero in costume- so for Venom to work, we need to actually see Venom for at least thirty minutes total. We know Tom Hardy isn't afraid to not hide his face, even though he does look hot, so I hope he can allow Venom to shine through. We want the character!

Now- I have a bonus point to make. This trailer showed this- something Fox and Sony Marvel films haven't done before- take a look;

"In association with Marvel." Usually these Sony/Fox Marvel films just have a Marvel logo, and move on. However this film pointed out it was made in association with Marvel. This may confirm that Sony's Marvel Universe may take place in the MCU, and have some imput from Marvel Studios and Kevin Fiege. This is exciting.

After Avengers 4 it has been said that the untitled Spider-Man sequel will spawn Spidey off into an entirely new universe. Could this mean Tom Holland's Spidey may one day join the SMU, and fight Hardy's Venom and Silver Sable and Black Cat. This little nod to Marvel may mean bigger things to come, and that's exciting. I am super excited for Venom.