Venom, did Sony miss a golden opportunity

[EmeraldGladiator]

Did Sony miss an opportunity to introduce Eddie as villain in a Spiderman movie, let him move to LA to be a lethal protector in the Venom movie and then have that same anti-hero with issues with Spidey/Peter that could team up for an Absolute Carnage type flick. With the retconned origin it seems they missed out on having their own expanded Spiderverse by separating Venom's origins from Peter. They could have at least gone the GvK route. I know Sony had visions of Peter being an Avenger running through their heads but they missed an opportunity to build their own lil mini marvel spider-verse.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I think that was the plan but the poor reception to the Webb/Garfield movies and the MCU's introduction caused them to just do it anyway.

[80sbaby]

You can't say they "missed out" since there's no guarantee that would have been successful. They already tried Venom in a Spidey film and it wasn't well-received at all, whereas this current version has done well enough to warrant a sequel.

[CosmiComic]

Did Sony miss an opportunity to introduce Eddie as villain in a Spiderman movie, let him move to LA to be a lethal protector in the Venom movie and then have that same anti-hero with issues with Spidey/Peter that could team up for an Absolute Carnage type flick. With the retconned origin it seems they missed out on having their own expanded Spiderverse by separating Venom's origins from Peter. They could have at least gone the GvK route. I know Sony had visions of Peter being an Avenger running through their heads but they missed an opportunity to build their own lil mini marvel spider-verse.

I do feel it would've been better if we got an actually good Spider-Man vs. Venom movie

[Kirby101]

Venom made as much as Spider-Man Homecoming, more than ASM 2. So it looks like Sony did the right thing.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

It's something that could still happen. They could just meet in a future movie and come to blows there. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Sony has a spec script for that.

[choptop]

I remember reading something about Sony wanted there own version of Spiderman outside of the MCU in a future movie

[AnakinFlair]

You can't say they "missed out" since there's no guarantee that would have been successful. They already tried Venom in a Spidey film and it wasn't well-received at all, whereas this current version has done well enough to warrant a sequel.

From what I remember, the Venom in Spider-Man 3 was forced onto Raimi by Avi Arad. Raimi didn't want Venom, had no love for the character, and it shows in how he was used in the movie.

I remember reading something about Sony wanted there own version of Spiderman outside of the MCU in a future movie

That may have been during the time when the Marvel/Sony deal fell apart, I think after Endgame. IIRC, there was talk of after Spider-Man: Far From Home that Sony would take the character in their own direction and would no longer co-produce with Marvel, or allow the character to appear in Marvel films. It was a drunken call by Tom Holland to I think the President of Sony that got the two sides to come back together and structure a new deal.

[Castle]

Did Sony miss an opportunity to introduce Eddie as villain in a Spiderman movie, let him move to LA to be a lethal protector in the Venom movie and then have that same anti-hero with issues with Spidey/Peter that could team up for an Absolute Carnage type flick. With the retconned origin it seems they missed out on having their own expanded Spiderverse by separating Venom's origins from Peter. They could have at least gone the GvK route. I know Sony had visions of Peter being an Avenger running through their heads but they missed an opportunity to build their own lil mini marvel spider-verse.

The inclusion of Venom in Spiderman 3 is what pissed off Sam Raimi and made many marvel fans have a big hatred for Avi Arad, which was understandable., Since Raimi was the talent and Avi was the cashier, who somehow managed to overrule the talent.