The Last Dance Art Teases Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man & Tom Hardy’s Symbiote Face-Off

Marvel fans finally get to see a showdown between Andrew Garfield‘s Spider-Man and Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock, also known as Venom. The fan art ingeniously merges elements from Hardy’s Venom films with Garfield’s recent portrayal in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

The prospect of these two iconic characters colliding has long been a subject of speculation and desire among the fandom. With Hardy’s tenure as Venom concluding in the upcoming Venom: The Last Dance, this artistic rendering, courtesy of Art of Time Travel, feeds into the mounting curiosity about whether Spider-Man will finally make an appearance in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Despite the shared universe setup and multiple teases within the MCU, Spider-Man and Venom have yet to cross paths in their respective film arcs, leaving fans eager for a definitive crossover.

Venom: The Last Dance promises to be a crucial chapter in Sony’s Marvel narrative, potentially bridging gaps that have existed between the standalone Venom movies and the broader Spider-Man lore. Meanwhile, the future of this universe is somewhat uncertain, with Kraven the Hunter slated for release following Venom’s last outing, but without clear indications of Spider-Man’s involvement.

Venom: The Last Dance

Venom 3 is the third and final installment in Sony’s symbiote trilogy starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. It follows the events of Let There Be Carnage, where the anti-hero fought serial killer Cletus Kasady, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, where Brock was briefly transported to the MCU through the multiverse.

Release Date

October 25, 2024

Studio(s)

Columbia Pictures , Marvel Entertainment , Pascal Pictures

Distributor(s)

Sony

prequel(s)

Venom , Venom: Let There Be Carnage

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Will Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man Swing into Venom: The Last Dance?

As Venom: The Last Dance gets ready to hit theaters, fans may be wondering if Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man will appear. The Venom films have shown similarities to The Amazing Spider-Man, leading viewers to think they might be connected or share the same universe.

Garfield’s Spider-Man has remained conspicuously absent from both Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. This absence has made fans even more hopeful that Garfield’s Spider-Man will show up in Venom: The Last Dance. Initially, this possibility seemed to diminish with the release of the film’s first trailer, which offered no clear indication of Spider-Man’s involvement in the plot.

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Yet, the door to a crossover remains ajar, thanks to the flexible narrative device of the multiverse, recently explored in Spider-Man: No Way Home. This concept opens a myriad of possibilities for character interactions across different narrative worlds. It’s conceivable that Eddie Brock and his symbiotic alter ego could find themselves in Garfield’s universe, or vice versa, facilitating a long-awaited encounter between these beloved characters.

Currently, however, there is scant evidence to suggest that Garfield will don the Spider-Man suit for Venom: The Last Dance. If such a cameo has been secretly filmed, it remains one of the best-kept secrets in the franchise’s history. Fans and pundits are eagerly awaiting further trailers, hoping they might reveal more about the potential inclusion of Spider-Man as Tom Hardy concludes his trilogy.

Tom Hardy recently expressed his immense excitement about the film’s bold direction. The film’s trailer has already garnered millions of views in a short span of time. In an interview, Hardy hinted at a significant evolution for his character, possibly presenting Venom as an R-rated antihero for the first time. He said:

“By the third one, we’ve been given so much creative support to do — to push it. It’s a much wider piece and there’s much more love — not that there was not love in the last ones. We’ve been allowed to put more of our ideas into it, and I’m really excited to see how they land […] I think you got to swing for the fences with these things.”