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The idea for the spinoff, which premieres Oct. 5, 2018, has been gestating for nearly a decade. But now that Spidey is getting another feature — his most recent reboot, [_Spider-Man: Homecoming_](http://time.com/4593679/spider-man-homecoming-trailer-tom-holland/), comes out in July — Sony has decided that it’s time to give one of his greatest foes his very own film. Here’s everything you need to know about the character and how he could affect the future of the Spidey-verse. ### **Venom is kind of like a darker Spider-Man.** Venom is technically not a person but a black goo that latches onto a host and imbues him or her with dark powers. In the comics, the goo first attaches to Spider-Man and controls his actions while he sleeps. Spider-Man eventually scares it away with the help of the Fantastic Four heroes. The symbiote later bonds with Eddie Brock, a reporter who hates Spider-Man, and together they became the villain known as Venom. Venom has all of Spider-Man’s powers — except his Spidey senses. Over the years Venom has found different hosts, and sometimes he’s more anti-hero than supervillain. Venom has even inhabited Rocket Raccoon from [_Guardians of the Galaxy_](http://time.com/4589972/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-trailer/). **MORE** [_Spider-Man: Homecoming_ Will Be Like a John Hughes Superhero Movie](http://time.com/4420755/spider-man-homecoming-footage-comic-con/) ### **He first appeared onscreen in** **_Spider-Man 3._** Remember when Tobey Maguire [went emo with those awful side-swept bangs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOtpeYERu9w) in _Spider-Man 3_? That was because of the black goo. Like in the comics, it attaches first to Spider-Man, then to Turner (Topher Grace) and becomes Venom. There were [so many villains](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/spider-man-3-2007) in that much-maligned movie — Spidey was fighting Sandman, New Goblin, Venom and, well, himself — that it became a muddled mess, and fans weren’t exactly clamoring to revisit the sludge that turned the Spider-Man movies into a bad musical. ### **Sony has been trying to make a Venom movie for a long time.** Sony first announced plans for a Venom spinoff [after Maguire’s last outing as Spider-Man](http://www.slashfilm.com/sony-developing-venom-spin-off-movie/) and [again during](http://ew.com/article/2014/07/14/spider-man-sequels-spinoffs-venom-sinister-six/) the Andrew Garfield era. Both attempts stalled. Now we’re getting a third _Spider-Man_ reboot, this time with actor Tom Holland, so it’s inevitable that Venom is getting another shot. Scott Rosenberg (_Jumanji_) and Jeff Pinkner (who is adapting Stephen King’s [_The Dark Tower_](http://the dark tower)) are writing the new script. ### **The news may affect future Spider-Man’s films.** Sony keeps [rebooting Spider-Man](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/why-sony-called-in-marvels-big-gun-to-reboot-spider-man-1201429540/) to keep the rights to the character, so Holland is the third actor to play Spidey in a little over a decade. However, Sony hopes this summer’s Spider-Man movie will be more successful than the [lower-grossing Andrew Garfield](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=spiderman.htm) ones because this time the studio is joining forces with Disney and Marvel to fold Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Holland [appeared in last year’s](http://time.com/4312912/captain-america-civil-war-stephen-mcfeely-christopher-markus/) _Captain America: Civil War_ fighting alongside Iron Man, Black Widow and the other Avengers, and Robert Downey Jr. will be showing up as Iron Man in Holland’s standalone flick. Sony said last year its Venom plans are totally separate from the [Marvel Cinematic Universe](http://time.com/4319823/captain-america-civil-war-marvel-movies-next/). It’s unclear whether the Venom film will exist in a separate, parallel universe from the Marvel films or whether it will have to deal with the events of _Spider-Man_ _: Homecoming_ (if not the _Infinity Wars_ saga that will involve all the Marvel heroes). At this point, we don’t even know if Holland will show up in the Venom movie. The casting of Tom Hardy as Venom seems to suggest Holland won’t costar in the spinoff. Though Venom doesn’t always have to be a Spider-Man doppelgänger, Topher Grace and Tobey Maguire did look alike in _Spider-Man 3_. Tom Hardy and Tom Holland share fewer physical similarities. **MORE** [Here’s Why the New Spider-Man Movie Is Called _Homecoming_](http://time.com/4291961/spider-man-new-movie-homecoming/) ### **So are we looking at a cinematic Spider-verse?** Yes — for better or for worse. Sony has long nurtured ambitions to create a larger superhero universe, a lá the [Avengers for Disney](http://time.com/4553909/doctor-strange-marvel-cinematic-universe/), the [X-Men for Fox](http://time.com/4674853/logan-wolverine-x-men-timeline/) and the [Justice League for Warner Bros](http://time.com/4437696/suicide-squad-dc-extended-universe/). Sony has [confirmed that it is developing](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-spinoff-thor-writer-tackling-silver-sable-black-cat-movie-988065) a Silver Sable and Black Cat project, and there will be more to come. That means more Spider-Man characters or versions of Spider-Man swinging onto the screen, including [Spider-Gwen](http://time.com/3724147/spidergwen-spiderman-comics/) and [Miles Morales](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/08/03/marvel-introduces-a-mixed-race-spider-man-to-replace-peter-parker/). 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