‘Venom: The Last Dance’ director Kelly Marcel always knew the franchise would be a trilogy.
Sony’s Marvel series - which stars Tom Hardy as the Symbiote anti-hero and reporter Eddie Brock - started in 2018 with ‘Venom’ and concluded with the newly-released blockbuster but the filmmaker has stressed this was always the plan.
The 50-year-old director told PEOPLE: "We knew it would be three. We knew it was a trilogy and we knew it would end like this from the beginning."
Marcel had co-wrote the previous two films with Hardy, 47, though ‘The Last Dance’ is the first time the filmmaker is getting behind the camera for the series.
She explained: "Sony asked me to [direct] and I was like, ‘Oh, okay then.’ I have been on the first two movies and it felt like we knew that this was the third and final one, and knew that this one was going to be both a blast but emotional as well."
The moviemaker reflected on Hardy’s work on the franchise, and said they felt it was "the right time to step up" and create a worthy ending to the ‘Venom’ series.
She shared: "I feel like Tom and I, having spent the better part of seven years working on this, really wanted to bring this one home from inception to the finish line. It felt like the right time to step up and the right movie to do it with."
The ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ actor agreed and added: "100 per cent."
While the ‘Venom’ trilogy is coming to a close, Hardy recently said he would be interested in reprising the character to battle Tom Holland’s Spider-Man in a future blockbuster.
Presenting ‘The Last Dance’ at New York Comic Con, ‘The Bikeriders’ star told the crowd: "I would love to fight Spider-Man. I would love to fight him now. I’m happy to fight Spider-Man today, 100 per cent. I would never say never.
"We were specifically set up to bring Venom to a movie format, and that’s what we’ve done. ‘The Last Dance’ is the final piece in that trilogy and we’re really excited about that."
