Sony has made several movies about Spider-Man characters like Venom and Morbius. These movies are part of what is called Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SMU).
Many fans have wondered if the SMU movies are connected to the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) where movies like Iron Man, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the Avengers movies take place.
The answer is both yes and no. The SMU movies like Venom exist in their separate universe from the main MCU universe. This means the versions of characters like Venom played by Tom Hardy are different from the ones that may appear in the MCU.
However, because of the concept of the “multiverse” which contains infinite alternate realities, the SMU universe and the MCU universe are connected, just on different parallel worlds. Certain events like the spell gone wrong in Spider-Man: No Way Home allowed some crossover between the two universes.
For example, in a scene after the credits in No Way Home, Tom Hardy’s Venom is transported briefly to the MCU universe before being sent back. He also left behind a small piece of the Venom symbiote in the MCU.
The new trailer for Venom 3 (titled Venom: The Last Dance) shows that small symbiote piece getting captured, but it’s unclear if this is happening in the SMU or MCU. So the universes stay interconnected but separate.
In the future, Marvel and Sony could decide to directly connect the two universes more officially, potentially allowing Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and Hardy’s Venom to meet and team up or fight. But for now, they remain in their own established worlds despite some temporary crossover.
So in summary – the Venom movies are not exactly part of the MCU’s main storyline, but they do exist in a related universe that is linked via the multiverse concept. Whether the connection gets closer remains to be seen in future movies!
