Following The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s underwhelming performance, it was announced in early 2015 that Sony and Marvel were partnering to bring Spider-Man into the MCU, this scrapping those universe plans.
When the Amazing Spider-Man series tried to build its own cinematic universe, Venom was intended to be one of the offshoot tales, along with Sinister Six and a female-centered movie.
Venom is one of those major blockbuster projects that’s spent a staggering amount of time in development hell.
But as per usual, Venom hung in there, and now Sony aims to have it out late next year.