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Three years after the explosive events of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and his extraterrestrial symbiote partner are back for what seems to be their final adventure. The newly released trailer for Venom: The Last Dance hints at a dramatic conclusion to Sony's comic book trilogy, featuring more extraterrestrial invaders from Venom's world stirring up trouble on Earth. The trailer retains the irreverent tone of the previous Venom films but also introduces a sense of finality, suggesting a climactic end.
Familiar Faces and New Additions
Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock, alongside Peggy Lu and Stephen Graham. The film also introduces new characters, including the highly acclaimed Chiwetel Ejiofor. The trailer begins with Eddie and Venom living their best vigilante lives after defeating Carnage (Woody Harrelson). However, their peace is short-lived as new alien threats arrive, leading to a mysterious government investigation and strange scientific developments. Much of the film appears to follow Eddie and Venom evading military forces.
Ted Lasso Cast Reunion
A surprising element in the trailer is the reunion of two major actors from the hit series Ted Lasso. Juno Temple, who plays Keeley Jones, and Cristo Fernández, known for his role as Dani Rojas, both make appearances. Fernández reprises his role as the “Resort Bartender” from Spider-Man: No Way Home, adding an unexpected layer of connectivity between the Sonyverse and the MCU.
Multiversal Mysteries
The trailer raises intriguing questions about the film's setting and the multiverse. In the post-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Eddie and his symbiote are transported to Earth-616, the main Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This was caused by Peter Parker's (Tom Holland) multiverse tampering in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Eddie spends the events of the film at an island resort bar, talking with a bartender (Cristo Fernández) before being abruptly sent back to the Sonyverse, leaving behind a piece of symbiote goo.
Initially, this seemed like a setup for Holland's Spider-Man to acquire a black suit. However, the new trailer shows Ejiofor's character tracking down the symbiote piece at the resort. Fernández's bartender appears in one shot, hiding in the background. But is he the same bartender who experienced “The Blip”?
One possible explanation is that these characters and locations are identical variants within the same multiverse. When Eddie returned to the Sonyverse, he may have left another glob of Venom behind. It's unlikely that Ejiofor's character is a universe-hopping individual or reprising his role as Baron Mordo. Rumors suggest he plays Orwell Taylor, a villain linked to Iron Man. This two-glob theory seems the most plausible explanation Sony might use, but it doesn't resolve all the questions from No Way Home nor clarify Sony's parallel universe without Spider-Man.
The Sym-Soldiers Theory
Ejiofor's character leads a group of soldiers with covered faces, hinting at the potential introduction of the Sym-Soldiers. In Marvel's history, there isn't a notable military group hunting Venom that isn't composed of symbiotes themselves. This theory suggests that the soldiers could be Sym-Soldiers, a super-soldier group created during the Vietnam War using DNA from a symbiote/dragon hybrid known as Grendel.
Project S.H.I.E.L.D. initially created these super-soldiers, but the first attempt led to corruption, Gamespot reports. The project was later rebooted, and Venom was captured and bonded with Flash Thompson, Peter Parker's high school bully, who became Agent Venom. The Sym-Soldiers theory aligns with the hidden faces of the soldiers and the presence of trapped symbiotes.
These soldiers could have accessed symbiotes through Grendel, a dragon bonded with a symbiote. This could be Grendel or an Earthly being bonded with a symbiote. Symbiote dragons, created by Knull—a Celestial space god—have a direct connection to the Sym-Soldiers. This theory, while complex, fits the hidden symbiotes and military presence seen in the trailer.
Rhys Ifans Cameo
One of the trailer's most surprising moments is a brief cameo from Rhys Ifans. Ifans previously played Dr. Curtis Connors, also known as the Lizard, in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and returned in Spider-Man: No Way Home. It's unclear if he plays the same character here. If Ejiofor can appear in both the MCU and the Sonyverse as different characters, why not Ifans?
If this is Dr. Connors, he's seen playing a guitar with two hands, despite missing an arm in The Amazing Spider-Man. While Holland and Garfield's Peter Parkers reversed his Lizard transformation in No Way Home, we never saw if his regenerated arm was reversed. Does it make multiversal sense for this to be the same Curt Connors? The answer is … kind of.
Ifans' Dr. Connors appearing in the Sonyverse fits with the vague logic established by Michael Keaton's Vulture during the post-credits scene of Morbius (“I'm not sure how I got here. Has to do with Spider-Man, I think.”). If Holland's Parker didn't send all the villains back to their own universes, it's plausible that Dr. Connors ended up in Venom's world rather than his “Amazing” home. This would explain why he seems so content, as a cross-country road trip beats a prison cell.
Final Thoughts
Venom: The Last Dance promises an exciting and chaotic conclusion to Sony's trilogy. The trailer teases new developments and multiversal connections, blending the Sonyverse with the MCU in intriguing ways. As Eddie and Venom face new threats and government scrutiny, fans can look forward to a climactic showdown that honors the series' irreverent tone while adding layers of mystery and suspense. The October 25 release date can't come soon enough for eager audiences.
With familiar faces, new characters, and potential multiversal mysteries, Venom: The Last Dance is shaping up to be a thrilling end to Eddie and Venom's story. The trailer is packed with tantalizing hints and Easter eggs, promising a film that will both entertain and intrigue fans of the franchise.
