Details Surface of How Painfully Close a ‘Spider-Man’ Fan-Favorite Crossover Was

Following Marvel’s announcement of the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, there’s no shortage of excitement building around the film, which will land in theaters on July 31, 2026. While speculation about the movie swirls, one thing we do know is that there was almost another major extension of the Spider-Man series.

According to actor Tom Hardy, who played Eddie Brock, aka Venom, a crossover film was extremely close to happening.

Hardy revealed on The Discourse Podcast from Playlist that a Spider-Man and Venom movie was as close as he could "possibly imagine" short of actually filming it, as Newsweek detailed.

Tom Hardy attends the UK Premiere of "Venom: The Last Dance" at the BFI IMAX Waterloo.

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"We got close. We got as close as I could possibly imagine getting, apart from doing a film together, which I would have loved to have done because that just means so much fun," Hardy said.

"... Fundamentally, for me, it would be for the kids. Because, you know, as much as adults love superhero films, as you can tell by the box office when they're successful, I think I'm constantly reminded by children how important these characters are. And they don't know why their favorite characters aren't in films together."

A potential Hardy and Tom Holland crossover to intertwine the two worlds would have been fun, but it's unknown what caused talks to fall apart short of the finish line.

Hardy first played the role of Venom in 2018, along with two other movies, Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and Venom: The Last Dance in 2024.

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