Venom 2 Has a Shocking Post-Credit Sequence, Sony Confirms

Movies studios are normally coy about movies with shock post-credit sequences, however apparently not Sony in 2021. Earlier in the present day, rumors started circulating on-line about one such scene within the studio’s Marvel superhero sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage—and by this afternoon, the studio had turned a tweet about it right into a sharable social media submit on its official account.

“In my whole life I have never seen a whole movie theatre react as loud as they did to the Venom 2 end credits scene,” reads the tweet from consumer Eman Kellam, an actor, rapper, and Youtuber residing in England. “Sony delivered.” Sony then turned that into its personal tweet advertising ticket gross sales.

Here’s the bizarre factor about all of this: Press interviews for Venom: Let There Be Carnage have been taking place all week and a screening attended by io9 didn’t have a post-credits scene. In reality, journalists are nonetheless beneath embargo to not share their ideas on the movie in any respect, both in overview or through social media. So by some means this specific sentiment—from an actor—not solely will get round any studio embargoes however does the one factor (most) customers on social media try to not do: talk about spoilers.

And but, this clearly builds a ton of hype and curiosity for the movie. Fans are already excited to see the return of Tom Hardy’s Venom and the full-scale debut of Woody Harrelson’s Carnage, a long-awaited fan-favorite from Marvel Comics. Now although, there’s this added layer. What precisely occurs in the long run credit score scene? If you take a look at the replies to that tweet just a few individuals declare to know, and there are numerous different tweets and Reddit threads about it. If you’re curious, you possibly can learn on previous our spoiler warning, however do be aware that is an unconfirmed rumor. io9 has reached out to Sony to see if there’s any extra remark.

According to the rumors, the scene sees Eddie Brock and Venom watching TV. On that TV is none aside from…Tom Holland as Spider-Man, confirming that Venom exists in the identical universe because the Marvel/Sony Spider-Man movies and, by extension, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This isn’t precisely probably the most stunning post-credit scene since director Andy Serkis has acknowledged fan anticipation for a showdown. But, if true, this may very well be the beginning of some very thrilling issues.

We’ll have extra on Venom: Let There Be Carnage within the coming weeks. The movie opens in theaters solely on October 1.

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