Hardy: Venom & Spidey Crossover Came Close

The Sony Marvel universe (aka the SPUMC) appears to be over for now following a series of high-profile flops like “Madame Web,” “Morbius” and “Kraven the Hunter”.

The only success Sony appears to have had with Marvel outside of the “Spider-Man” films has been with the Tom Hardy-led “Venom” series which also came to an end with “Venom: The Last Dance” last year.

Sadly, Hardy’s Venom and Tom Holland’s Spider-Man never got to share a scene together – the closest we had was a post-credits stinger scene in which Venom sees Holland’s Spider-Man sans mask in a news broadcast and proceeds to lick the screen – re-affirming an affinity for British men named Tom.

However according to Hardy, a meet-up on screen did come close – incredibly close in fact. Out promoting his new TV series “MobLand” which premiered on Paramount+ last night, he was asked by The Playlist’s Discourse Podcast if studio politics played into why we didn’t have a Venom crossover with Spider-Man:

“I don’t know how to answer that question. We got close. We got as close as I could possibly imagine getting, apart from doing a film together, which I would have loved to have done because that just means so much fun. And for all the reasons that you explained ultimately in there.”

Hardy also spoke about why he wanted to see a team-up film and says such a project would have thrilled younger audiences:

“Fundamentally, for me, it would be for the kids. Because, you know, as much as adults love superhero films, as you can tell by the box office when they’re successful, I think I’m constantly reminded by children how important these characters are. And they don’t know why their favorite characters aren’t in films together.”

Hardy also says that though they were given a set of boundaries, he and the team behind the films were “really privileged to be able to play with a much-beloved IP like Venom in a way that we were allowed to play.”

All three “Venom” film are now available on streaming. “MobLand,” executive produced by Guy Ritchie, will air weekly with the ten-episode run wrapping on June 1st. Reviews so far have been mixed.

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