Spider-Man: "Venom" spin-off is still apparently happening at Sony... · 6:35pm Mar 5th, 2016
Apparently Sony doesn't take no for an answer, because they have announced that they are still making a solo Venom film, and on top of that, it'll apparently be it's own series, with the first film written by Dante Harper, who did some rewrites on Edge of Tomorrow and wrote The Conjuring 2. If that means it's own separate continuity from the new Spider-Man film, they haven't said, but I myself am just shaking my head, pondering why the hell Sony still wants to so doggedly hold onto an idea that really, wouldn't work without the proper build up of at least two other Spider-Man films.
But apparently, Sony is still suffering from blunt-force trauma, and hasn't yet realized that they should just be happy they're allowed to touch Spider-Man at all, especially given that Spidey is part of the MCU.
What are your thoughts?
Well it hard to say where Spider Man stands is weird because of the newset Spider Man film not doing so well Marvel sort of got him back, it like Quick Silver and Scarlett Whitch where they sort of have them.
I don't mind seeing a Venom movie I just think it weird seeing him by his self because Venom is Spider Man evil half. Plus I'm not sure about Spider Man in MCU because I don't think he's suit for a Avenger but that just me, I like all the Spoder Man films so I'll be looking forward to this one but my hopes won't be up.
Well, I believe it can work. I'm only biased against people (or companies) when they make the same mistake over and over again. The reason I refuse to fold my arms and say “It's gonna suck,” is the same reason why the first two spider-man movies didn't suck: Sam Raimi understood spider-man. We have no idea what the director, or the writer is like personally, but they could very well be a fan of Venom, or at least have a clear understanding of Venom as a character.
On the other hand, going into any piece of work believing “It's gonna suck,” can actually be a good thing. Because if I believe a movie/game/book/whatever is going to be bad, and it proves me wrong, I find it actually heightens the experience. A good example would have to be the 1989 Batman movie. People hated and petitioned against Michael Keaton being Batman and he ended up getting the last laugh, because today, he is still considered the best Batman.
As far as I'm concerned, Sony's staring to turn into the Konami of movie studios when it comes to superhero movie licenses. The second they strike on something good after a long line of buck ups (Konami: Kojima directing a Silent Hill game, Sony: Spiderman in the MCU but they still get to be a part of it), they manage to buck it up somehow (Konami: Silent Hills cancelled and parting ways with Kojima, Sony: Greenlighting a Venom movie when it makes absolutely no sense to do so considering Spiderman is intrinsically linked to the character). Why do they do these things? Who knows, because the bottom-line doesn't even explain it. It's just that point where a company holding licenses to creative content just doesn't even seem to know anymore what they're doing with them or why they have them, but just can't keep themselves from trying something since they have the faintest of hopes it'll make them money.