Sony Unleashes the Dark Side: Can ‘Venom’ Reign Supreme in the Anti-Hero Kingdom

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Produced by Sony Pictures, is the final installment in the Marvel Comics’ popular antihero character ‘Venom’ series. Provided by Sonic Pictures

The final installment of Marvel Comics’ popular antihero character ‘Venom’ series was released on the 23rd and ranked first at the box office in its first weekend. Attention is being paid to whether Sony Pictures, which shares the live-action film rights of famous superhero comic book publisher Marvel Comics with the Walt Disney Company, will be able to build an antihero kingdom with ‘Venom’ at the forefront.

competes with the ferocious yet somehow cute charm of Venom. The main character ‘Eddie Brock’ (Tom Hardy) and the space creature ‘Venom’ parasitic on Eddie are chased by the monster Genophage sent to Earth by the king of darkness ‘Nul’ (Andy Serkis). The original Venom series has been criticized for having a disjointed narrative and poor plausibility, but this one is more serious than the previous works. However, the colorful computer graphics (CG) action scenes are an enjoyable attraction. It is also fun to find Easter eggs (hidden elements), such as Andy Serkis, who was the director of , appearing as ‘Nul’.

The world of movies based on live-action Marvel Comics is divided into the Walt Disney Company’s ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’ (MCU) and Sony Pictures’ ‘Sony Spider-Man Universe’ (SSU). Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment, the parent company of Marvel Comics, in 2009. (2010), (2012), and (2014) were successful at the box office, creating a huge superhero franchise called ‘MCU’. However, Sony holds the film rights to some characters, including Spider-Man and Venom. The ‘Marvel Studios Spider-Man Series’, which started with (2017), was co-produced by Disney borrowing the character from Sony.

Produced by Sony Pictures, is the final installment in the Marvel Comics’ popular antihero character ‘Venom’ series. Provided by Sonic Pictures

Produced by Sony Pictures, is the final installment in the Marvel Comics’ popular antihero character ‘Venom’ series. Provided by Sonic Pictures

Sony belatedly established a worldview called SSU, starting with (2018), in which Spider-Man’s nemesis Venom is the main character. SSU also has the potential to build a huge worldview like the MCU. This is because Sony has more than 900 Marvel characters for which it has the rights to make live-action films. and (2021) were box office hits, but (2022) and (2024) failed miserably and faced a crisis. This year and , which are scheduled to be released at the end of the year, are expected to serve as a test of whether Sony’s SSU can continue to grow.

Although there is Spider-Man, SSU is unique in that it mainly portrays villains in live action and creates an ‘anti-hero kingdom’. Moreover, compared to ‘Venom’, ‘Morbius’, ‘Kraven’, and ‘Madame Web’ were supporting characters with less weight. Some point out that it will be difficult to gain mass popularity if supporting characters continue to be featured. There are currently no plans to produce a work featuring Spider-Man as the main character.

It would be a good idea for the audience to stay in their seats even when the ending credits roll. This is because there are two cookie videos. There are also clues to expect a grand collaboration between SSU and MCU in Cookie. There is also a happy prospect that some will lead to Marvel Comics, where ‘Nul’ invades Earth and the ‘Avengers’ and ‘X-Men’ fight against each other. This is because Disney’s MCU and Sony’s SSU partially share characters and scenarios through contracts such as Spider-Man. The cookie video of (SSU), the cookie video of (MCU), and the first scene of (SSU) are linked in order.

‘Nul’, who appears as a shadowy figure in , was played by Andy Serkis, the director of the previous film, . Provided by Sony Pictures

Sony Unleashes the Dark Side: Can ‘Venom’ Reign Supreme in the Anti-Hero Kingdom

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