A new item being released in celebration of Venom: Let There Be Carnage gives fans a sneak peek at what both Venom and Carnage will look like when the sequel hits theaters in the fall.The Venom Site Twitter account posted a photo of a beach towel featuring both symbiotes, along with the caption, "The upcoming SegaPrize Venom: Let There be Carnage towel gives us our first merchandise render of Carnage."
Specifically, the image on the left depicts Tom Hardy's Venom and looks nearly identical to how the symbiote looked in the first film. The image on the right of the towel depicts Woody Harrelson's Carnage, which lacks eyes but features a larger mouth full of sharp teeth and what appears to be hair coming out the top of its head.
The Big Screen Leaks Twitter account also shared a zoomed-out photo of the towel, along with photos of new Venom and Carnage-themed tumbler cups.
Released in 2018, Sony's Venom was the first film in the studio's planned franchise of live-action Spider-Man spinoffs. That film featured Riz Ahmed as the villainous Venom clone, Riot, and went on to earn an impressive worldwide box office haul of $856.1 million.
The first trailer for Venom: There Will Be Carnage recently dropped and introduced Harrelson's Cletus Kasady, a convicted serial killer who becomes Carnage's host. The clip also showed Hardy switching between Eddie Brock and his alter ego, Venom.
The official synopsis for Venom: Let There Be Carnage reads,
Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters," reads a brief synopsis that was released on the movie's newly launched website last month. "Directed by Andy Serkis, the film also stars Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris and Woody Harrelson, in the role of the villain Cletus Kasady/Carnage.
While Venom: Let There Be Carnage director Andy Serkis recently confirmed that the film is not set in the MCU, Sony also recently teased that it has a plan to connect its Spider-Man films to its ongoing line of spinoffs centered on Marvel villains, which currently includes Venom, as well as the upcoming Let There Be Carnage, Morbius and Kraven the Hunter.
The studio appeared to make its first move at connecting the project with the Morbius trailer, which featured both an image of Spider-Man and a cameo by Michael Keaton, who portrayed Adrian Toomes/Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming. A recent description of the Kraven film also name-dropped Venom, Spider-Man and Black Panther.
Directed by Andy Serkis, Venom: Let There Be Carnage stars Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, Sean Delaney and Larry Olubamiwo. The film arrives in theaters Sept. 24.
Source: Twitter