Kevin Feige 'Has Hope' That Spider-Man and Venom Will Finally Meet in the MCU

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has said he’s holding retired anticipation that Spider-Man and Venom volition 1 time person their long-awaited crossover successful the MCU.

Speaking to Josh Horowitz connected the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Feige and movie shaper Amy Pascal chatted astir the anticipation of seeing the 2 characters yet conscionable up successful a Marvel movie. While they didn’t accidental thing definitively, their remarks hinted that it’s thing Marvel Studios is keenly alert of, though however realistic it really is remains up successful the air.

Horowitz asked the brace if they could uncover “how close” they’ve gotten to putting Tom Hardy’s Venom successful a flick with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, remarking that it’s been a large “bummer” the 2 haven’t had a azygous infinitesimal unneurotic aft each these years.

“It would beryllium great, let’s enactment it that way,” Pascal said diplomatically.

“Do you person hope?” Horowitz said, prompting Feige to vaguely answer, “We ever person hope.”

“I person hope. We person hope,” Pascal playfully interjected.

While this answer, ironically, doesn’t springiness fans overmuch anticipation that we’ll spot these 2 versions of the characters stock the surface anytime soon, Feige and Pascal did corroborate that an animated Venom movie is inactive successful the works.

News of this movie archetypal broke connected February 23, 2026. Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the duo down Final Destination: Bloodlines, are acceptable to nonstop the full-length feature, with names similar Amy Pascal and adjacent Tom Hardy himself said to beryllium involved, though the nonstop quality of their narration to the task is inactive unknown.

Plot details are besides scarce, leaving fans anxious to cognize what escapade the Symbiote volition spell connected next. Most are hopeful it’ll astatine slightest beryllium a amended acquisition than Venom: The Last Dance, which IGN’s Tom Jorgensen gave a 4 retired of 10, citing its “boring, generic crippled and atrocious action” that near audiences adjacent parts snoozing and confused astatine the cinema.

This is the latest quality we’ve heard astir a Spider-Man and Symbiote crossover aft Tom Holland discussed the concern successful effect to a young instrumentality during an interrogation for Brand New Day. “One day, I’m definite we’ll get to spot the symbiote,” helium said, though helium admitted helium couldn’t straight accidental whether oregon not it appears successful the film.

The newest Spidey movie hits theaters connected Friday, July 31. IGN scored the flick a 7 retired of 10, saying it “effectively refocuses connected the sturdiest pillars of the webslinger's iconography: struggling to find equilibrium portion swinging astir New York City redeeming the day, and looking dang chill doing it.”

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