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Kevin Feige ‘Has Hope’ That Spider-Man and Venom Will Finally Meet in the MCU
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has said he remains hopeful that Spider-Man and Venom could eventually cross paths on screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, though he stopped short of confirming any concrete plans. Speaking alongside producer Amy Pascal on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, the pair gave only guarded, non-committal answers when pressed on the long-rumoured team-up between Tom Holland's Spider-Man and Tom Hardy's Venom, a pairing fans have wanted for years despite the characters never sharing the screen.
When asked directly how close the studio had come to making the crossover happen, Feige and Pascal each simply said they "have hope", offering no further detail. They did, however, confirm that a separate animated Venom film is still in development, with Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein attached and Pascal and Hardy reportedly involved, though plot details remain unknown. The comments follow similar hedging from Holland himself, who recently told a fan "one day" the symbiote would appear, and come as Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which IGN scored 7/10, opens in cinemas on 31 July.
In short
- Feige and Pascal say they "have hope" for a Spider-Man/Venom crossover.
- No concrete plans confirmed; comments were vague and non-committal.
- An animated Venom film is still in the works, details scarce.
Explained simply
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a series of interconnected films featuring different superhero characters that can appear together. Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland, and Venom, played by Tom Hardy, are two such characters that exist in this universe but have never appeared on screen together.
Venom and Spider-Man have a connected history in the original comic books on which the films are based. Fans have long hoped to see the two characters meet in a film, and such a crossover would bring together these characters from what are currently separate film storylines.
However, the film rights to these characters are held by different studios, which has complicated efforts to bring them together. Any crossover would require careful coordination among multiple companies with interests in these characters.