{"id":23546,"date":"2024-10-23T13:48:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=23546"},"modified":"2024-11-06T10:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T18:21:41","slug":"venom-trilogy-recipe-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/venom-trilogy-recipe-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The Venom Trilogy\u2019s Secret Recipe for Franchise Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s time for Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and Venom to take their final bows, as the duo looks to close out their three-film franchise with <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/venom-the-last-dance\/358246\">Venom: The Last Dance<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. While trilogies aren\u2019t uncommon anymore \u2013 really, the amount has only increased ever since the original <em>Star Wars<\/em> trilogy \u2013 what\u2019s more uncommon is to find a trilogy that\u2019s cohesive and has a clear string that runs through all of it before being tied perfectly together at the end with a little bow. Often, movies in a trilogy or a franchise will be led by different creative teams at one point or another, so that even if the actors might be the same in all three films, the writers that toy with the dialogue of the characters or the directors that try to capture their emotions may have different interpretations of what kind of overarching story to tell from one film to the next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VENOM: THE LAST DANCE  \u2013 Final Trailer (HD)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HyIyd9joTTc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, no, it\u2019s not the insanely cool Venom horse, or the Venom fish, or even the Venom frog that draws in fans to the <em>Venom<\/em> franchise. Rather, it\u2019s the creative cohesiveness between all three films, thanks to the partnership between Tom Hardy and writer-director-producer Kelly Marcel, that makes <em>Venom: The Last Dance<\/em> \u2013 and the entire <em>Venom<\/em> trilogy \u2013 shine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early Beginnings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-1-1024x446.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a garment\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-23548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-1-980x427.jpg 980w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-1-480x209.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly Marcel and Tom Hardy instantly hit it off when the two met at the Edinburgh Festival, connecting with their desire to create a space for artists and actors to continue working on their craft even while they were not actively involved in a project. Shortly afterwards, when one of Hardy\u2019s feature films started to hit bumpy waters, Marcel came in and saved the day with some uncredited script rewrites. The film would become known as <em>Bronson<\/em> (2008) and would be Marcel\u2019s first feature-length debut as a screenwriter. From their initial conversation back in Edinburgh, the pair would eventually create The Bad Dog Theater Company together in 2010, and their bond became so tightknit that Hardy even got a tattoo in tribute to Marcel. Over the years, Marcel would go on to write the scripts for both <em>Saving Mr. Banks <\/em>(2013) and <em>Fifty Shades of Grey <\/em>(2015) before working with Hardy again on the set for the highly praised blockbuster hit, <em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em> (2015). But their story was just getting started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaboration with Symbiotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-2-1024x428.jpg\" alt=\"A person holding a horse\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-23549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-2-980x410.jpg 980w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-2-480x201.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dreams of on-stage theater performances were only just the beginning for Marcel and Hardy\u2019s collaborative relationship. While of course, Tom Hardy has been the face of Eddie Brock (and the voice of the symbiote Venom) since the franchise\u2019s first film in 2018 \u2013 back when no one knew if <em>Venom<\/em> would even spark a franchise at all \u2013 Kelly Marcel has been there for just as long. Marcel has expertly woven together Eddie and Venom\u2019s story from the very beginning and has stuck with writing and producing all three films of the franchise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shared vision between the two friends is evident in the final product of not just one film, but in all three films, as their collaboration on <em>Venom<\/em> has been ongoing for over seven years. So often in franchises, directors and writers swap out \u2013 whether it be for conflicting schedules or opposing visions \u2013 resulting in an unfortunate loss of creative cohesion and character inconsistencies between the films. But having Marcel as the writer for all three films is one of the greatest strengths that the <em>Venom<\/em> franchise can boast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the final installment, Marcel has not only penned the script, but she has also stepped into the spotlight with her directorial debut in <em>Venom: The Last Dance<\/em>. No one knows the characters better than Hardy and Marcel do, and no one more fitting to finish the story out both on the page and behind the camera than Marcel herself. Being friends for so long makes collaborating come naturally. The two understand each other in ways that only longtime friends can, with Marcel crafting scenes that she knows Hardy will enjoy playing out, while still challenging the actor, and Hardy being so acutely aware of the intentions behind Marcel\u2019s words on the page. Hardy and Marcel even spent a week together holed up in a London hotel to knock out the story for the third film, working non-stop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends for over fifteen years, <em>The Last Dance <\/em>marks Marcel\u2019s first time directing Hardy, and during the filming process, Marcel had Hardy wear an earpiece while filming so that he not only could hear Venom\u2019s pre-recorded dialogue in his ear, but also so that Marcel and Hardy could continue to improvise lines together if one of them came up with interesting dialogue in the moment. While critics may have doubted the power behind Venom at one point during the early stages, it\u2019s no secret that the reason for the franchise\u2019s success lies with the love that star Tom Hardy and director\/writer\/producer Kelly Marcel share for the characters and their stories, hoping to have successfully communicated this with the audience. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shifting Marketing and Story Tactics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-3rd-image.jpg\" alt=\"A hand reaching for a large object\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-23550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-3rd-image.jpg 979w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Venom-3rd-image-480x197.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 979px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the idea for a Venom film initially began to make waves, critics were not so quick to the concept. In Marvel Comics, the symbiote is frequently tied together with the character of Spider-Man. While Tobey Maguire already stared alongside Topher Grace in a battle between Spider-Man and Venom \/ Eddie Brock in Sony\u2019s own <em>Spider-Man 3<\/em> (2007), the idea of a Venom solo film gave pause to many. But audiences don\u2019t always need a true hero in their movies. Sometimes, flawed anti-heroes like Venom and Deadpool are even more enjoyable to watch simply because they aren\u2019t perfect and they in fact do make mistakes, just like everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although, what would a Venom film even be about without Spider-Man there? Well, Marcel and Hardy certainly gave us that answer: the relationship between Venom and Eddie Brock. Ever since the first film, audiences have raved over the relationship between the host and the symbiote, and Marcel \u2013 as well as the film\u2019s marketing as a whole \u2013 has leaned right back into their relationship throughout the rest of the franchise. Marcel explains \u201cthe <em>Venom<\/em> trilogy is a classic rom-com, really. Eddie Brock and Venom meet in the first film. In <em>Venom: Let There Be Carnage<\/em>, they\u2019ve got the seven-year itch and they break up. Now, as we conclude their story, they have finally learned to live with each other, they\u2019ve finally reached symbiosis, but will they be able to stay together?\u201d (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coupdemainmagazine.com\/film-news\/19887\">Coup de Main<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also describes <em>The Last Dance<\/em> as a road trip film, with Eddie and Venom having to run away from enemies that are approaching them on all sides. Which to us, kind of sounds a lot like <em>Thelma &amp; Louise<\/em> (1991). But will Venom and Eddie also hold hands as they run off a cliff together, or will they instead gallop with the Venom horse off into the sunset? <strong>T<\/strong>he curtain is almost ready to fall as Venom and Eddie take their final bow together when <em>Venom: The Last Dance<\/em> it hits theaters on Friday, October 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/venom-the-last-dance\/358246\">Get tickets for <em>Venom: The Last Dance<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and Venom to take their final bows, as the duo looks to close out their three-film franchise with Venom: The Last Dance. While trilogies aren\u2019t uncommon anymore \u2013 really, the amount has only increased ever since the original Star Wars trilogy \u2013 what\u2019s more uncommon is to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":9548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[40,37],"class_list":["post-23546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","tag-featuredpage","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23551,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23546\/revisions\/23551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}