My thoughts and ideas for Venom 3 after watching No Way Home. (NWH SPOILER ALERT)
So in NWH credit scene, Eddie (and Venom) are at a bar, gathering information about the spider guy from the news, trying to figure things out. The bartender entertains him, talking about super people, a purple alien and a 5 years blip. Then Eddie and Venom get teleported again, assuming they return to their universe.
Now how will Venom 3 start? How can we connect the end of LTBC (Det. Patrick Mulligan having strange eyes, Eddie getting teleported, and the news about a spider guy) to Venom 3 without expecting the audiences to watch and know about Spiderman and Avengers movies? Also let’s assume too that the audiences never knew about Venom leaving a piece of symbiote in the new universe because that’s probably just the setup for next Spiderman movie (College Peter Trilogy?) or maybe some future mcu projects, but not for Venom 3. We should focus on the end of of LTBC; what is it trying to say for the next Venom movie?
So this is my take for Venom 3.
It begins with Eddie at a bar, his scene in NWH repeats again (except the part a black blob on the table) so now the audiences know a bit about the existence of multiverse and super people. Eddie then ‘wakes up’ , saying maybe “It’s just a dream” but he notices the hat he’s wearing. It is not a dream because he knows he has obtained that hat from the other universe. Also earlier at the bar, he says "Maybe I should go to New York to speak to this uh.. spider man" which he could be thinking to become a (lethal) protector in the new universe, but he gets teleported again before he can even begin his journey. So now he’s back to his universe, he wonders if his universe has a spider man and super people too. He's aware of those things now. He probably wants to see them to ask how they can live their life without alarming the authorities.
So Eddie and Venom decide to go to New York for their next mission (while at the same time laying low, trying not to get caught by the police), wanting to see if they could find the Spiderman of their universe, or any super people like the Avengers which is based in New York as the bartender has said. Arriving in New York, they settle down a bit, waiting for something bad to happen so some super people can appear to save the day. It’s been a long wait and one super people finally arrives, and it’s Spiderman. They battle a bit, misunderstanding happens before they make peace. Then some discussions are made, some bantering between Eddie and Venom.. from there I can imagine Spiderman is curious about Venom and tries to help Venom with the human brains' craving, like how a Spiderman in other universe (Holland) has tried to create a serum to cure some villains.
Speaking of the Spiderman in Hardy!Venom’s universe, I’m thinking a Spiderman in his late 30s (assuming Eddie is early 40s) who is a scientist. Which means a new actor for the Spiderman? OR maybe, maybe it could be Andrew Garfield? It could be a possibility because Tobey's universe already has its Venom. And Andrew!Spidey said in NWH about wanting to fight an alien, indicating he never fought Venom in his universe before. Plus, Andrew Garfield is only 5 years younger than Tom Hardy.
Meanwhile in Sans Francisco, about Det. Patrick Mulligan. Patrick has a difficult time having a ‘monster’ in him. He feels that being bonded with the ‘monster’ a.k.a Toxin make him a threat to his wife so he leaves to isolate himself. At the same time he wants to find Eddie because Eddie is the only one who knows about the 'monster'. He's a police so he might have ways to find Eddie's whereabout without disclosing it to the authorities because it would jeopardize himself too. Or let’s just say Toxin has a way or skill to locate his ‘grandfather’.
Then Patrick finally meets Eddie. Arguments and misunderstanding happen, they battle as Toxin and Venom with a little intervene from Spiderman, but in the end they stop fighting due to them having the same goal (which is justice and protecting the city) and also because Toxin having moral thinking from the time with Patrick, and like in the comics, Venom also wants to train Toxin to be an ally. So the story ends with them making peace. Venom finally gets what he wishes for; to be the Lethal Protector now at ease without having the crave for human brains anymore, like this time only chocolates and chicken brains are suffice.
And oh, the three characters (Eddie, Peter, Patrick) have a few similarities; they already 'lost' their loved one (Eddie lost Anne, Peter lost Gwen, Patrick lost/left his wife) but they have the same goal to be focused now, which is protecting the city. This is like them turning over a new leaf.
So does it sound like a happy ending to end the three-Venom movies trilogy? If Venom 3 doesn’t hit the box office to have a new Venom contract or sequel, at least I want it to have a happy ending where Eddie and Venom are shown still being together; happily, like the end of Venom 1 and 2. The end where Venom/Eddie still saying “So what will we do? Where will we go?”
Also no one dies this time. And what’s even better? The birth of Sleeper err I mean, Venom spawning again at the end of it. One happy family of Eddie, Venom and Sleeper like in the end of Mike Costa’s Venom 2016 run. (Don’t we symbrock fans love Costa runs the most?)
So what kind of title suit for these ideas.. it probably needs something to do with the themes ‘turning over a new leaf’ , ‘allies’ , ‘team' and ‘family’ . Yes they sound corny and cheesy, but I think they fit for PG13 movie. Remember that Tom Hardy’s son is a big fan of Venom comics so I think Venom 3 will still have the PG13 rating. The themes also fit to be made into rom-com or family-com trailer if they decide to release the blu-ray during Christmas time again.
Now how to connect this to Morbius, assumingly he’s in the same universe as Eddie? But that has to wait till Morbius come out in January..