Eddie Brock’s third solo movie in the Sony Spider-Man Universe finally has an official name, but Venom: The Last Dance may tease trouble for Sony’s long-troubled Sinister Six team-up movie. Spider-Man has a long and fruitful cinematic history stretching back to the early 2000s, and it’s clear that Sony has been trying to make a Sinister Six movie happen since at least the early 2010s. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 featured a scene teasing the iconic weapons and suits of several iconic Spider-Man villains, but plans for a big antagonist team-up died after TASM 2’s poor reception.
However, the idea of bringing together six different Spider-Man villains seemed like the clear end goal when Sony announced it would be releasing a series of solo movies based on the Web Head’s iconic rogues (since named the Sony Spider-Man Universe). The franchise seemed to invert the traditional cinematic universe plan, building up villains before later introducing a hero as the narrative antagonist. However, with Venom’s third movie getting a name that seems fairly final, Sony may be moving too slowly and risks losing out on its most bankable franchise star.
