Venom: The Last Dance is the next film to be released from Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, and the upcoming movie has received a major confirmation that makes the franchise’s situation even more dire. Tom Hardy started the SSU as Eddie Brock back in 2018 with the first Venom.

Since then, the actor has managed to be the only SSU star to visit the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the post-credits scenes of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home, though he never interacted with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man as fans had hoped.

Hardy will next be seen as Eddie Brock leading the cast of Venom: The Last Dance. The movie will be the first SSU release to come after the disaster that was Madame Web.

While that film featured a great cast and multiple Spider-Man-related characters, Madame Web was ultimately a major failure for the SSU, badly damaging the public opinion of the franchise. Now, Venom: The Last Dance is expected to turn that around; however, a new update regarding the movie puts the future of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe at risk.