The official Marvel Cinematic Universe may be having a bit of an off year, but that doesn't mean superhero movies aren't coming to movie theaters, with one of the comic book titles joining the 2024 new movie lineup being Venom: The Last Dance.
Sony Pictures is behind most of the Marvel movies this year, which in addition to the third Venom movie includes other characters best known from the Spider-Man universe. Already we've seen Madame Web and also have the upcoming movie Kraven the Hunter. Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe's did have one entry this year, Deadpool & Wolverine.
When is Venom: The Last Dance premiering, who's in it and what's it about? We've got everything we know about the movie for you directly below.
Venom: The Last Dance release date
Venom: The Last Dance is now playing in movie theaters in the US, UK and elsewhere around the world.
If you want to catch up with the Venom franchise before Venom: The Last Dance, 2018's Venom is now streaming on Disney Plus in the US and digital on-demand in the UK; Venom: Let There Be Carnage, meanwhile, is available via digital on-demand in both countries.
Venom: The Last Dance cast
Tom Hardy has been the star of the Venom franchise, playing the dual roles of Eddie Brock and Venom, the human and the symbiote that uses him as a host to become the powerful anti-hero. Hardy is a popular British actor best known for his roles in Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road, Peaky Blinders and The Revenant, earning an Oscar nomination for the latter. Venom: The Last Dance is going to be the second 2024 movie that Hardy appears in, as he is also set to star in The Bikeriders.
The other confirmed cast members in Venom: The Last Dance are Juno Temple, the Emmy-nominated actress from Ted Lasso and Fargo season 5; Chiwetel Ejiofor, who starred in 12 Years a Slave and already has a Marvel connection having starred in the Doctor Strange movies; Rhys Ifans, a veteran of the Spider-Man universe from playing The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man (not clear if he is reprising his character); Peggy Lu, who has played Mrs. Chen in all the Venom movies; Alanna Ubach, most recently seen in the Ted TV series; and Stephen Graham, star of Boiling Point and the 2024 movie Young Woman and the Sea.
Someone who is notably absent from the cast list at this time is Michelle Williams, who played Anne Weying in the first two Venom movies.
Venom: The Last Dance plot
Kelly Marcel wrote the script for Venom: The Last Dance on a story idea she developed with Tom Hardy. Here is the official synopsis:
"In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtain's down on Eddie and Venom's last dance."
Venom: The Last Dance trailer
The official trailers for Venom: The Last Dance is now available, and you can watch it directly below for your convenience:
Venom: The Last Dance reviews
Per Rotten Tomatoes, Venom: The Last Dance has a "Rotten" rating from critics, though audiences tend to be rating then movie higher.
Kelly Marcel movies
Kelly Marcel is making her directorial debut with Venom: The Last Dance, but she is a well-established screenwriter in Hollywood. In addition to writing Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Marcel is credited with writing Saving Mr. Banks and Fifty Shades of Grey, as well as having a "story by" credit with Cruella.
She also has experience in TV, having created and written episodes for the series Terra Nova and The Changeling.
