Venom Co-Creator Reveals His Problem With Spider-Man 3's Version

Sam Raimi has itted he never really got the character’s appeal. This created an issue when he was essentially forced to include Venom in Spider-Man 3 by the studio. Raimi had already settled on Sandman and New Goblin as villains, so including Venom unbalanced the storyline somewhat.

Raimi chose to use the Venom symbiote as a chance to explore Peter Parker’s dark side, but it was clear once Venom possessed Eddie Brock (producer Avi Arad recently itted it was a mistake to push Raimi to include Venom.

Venom recently got his very own movie starring Tom Hardy, which has proven to be a massive success. Venom co-creator Todd McFarlane is very happy about how the new movie handled the character, but in a new conversion with Collider, he revealed one of his main issues with Spider-Man 3’s portrayal. In short, Venom was way too small. McFarlane intentionally designed Venom as a hulking monster who Spider-Man could never beat in direct combat, forcing the hero to be more creative. McFarlane felt having Grace’s Venom be the same size as Spider-Man took away much of his menace.

Venom’s Spider-Man 3 appearance was supposed to set up a solo movie, but the critical reaction to the movie killed those plans. Sony also planned to resurrect the character for Captain America: Civil War.

While Hardy’s Venom movie received mixed reviews, it quickly became a surprise smash hit worldwide. Sony is now building Morbius movie being the next release. While neither Spider-Man nor Peter Parker made an appearance in Venom, screenwriter Jeff Pinker recently teased there could be a crossover between the two in a future movie.