The Last Dance's mid- and post-credits scenes, explained

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Venom: The Last Dance.

Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock has finally danced off into the sunset… or has he? Although Venom: The Last Dance Although the film was heralded as the definitive end to Marvel and Sony's financially well-received but critically panned trilogy, the film's mid-credits and post-credits scenes seem to suggest that this sequel to the franchise could live to see another day .

It's not entirely surprising that the studio has visions of continuing the franchise beyond Tom Hardy's tenure Sweep away The film arguably devotes more attention to setting up future franchise players than resolving Brock's arc. The addition of new cast members, including Juno Temple, who replaces previous leading lady Michelle Williams, only adds to the feeling Sweep away is intended to serve both as a conclusion to the first trilogy and as a bridge to the coming parts.

But what exactly can be seen in these two post-credits scenes? Weekly entertainment takes a closer look at the final stitches in Poison's tail, including the setup for this legendary villain.

Does Venom: The Last Dance Is there a post-credits scene?

Yes. In fact, there are both mid-credit and post-credit scenes detailing where the Poison Franchise could disappear if it continues. Although Hardy's contract expires after this third installment, there is no telling whether he might want to return to the franchise in the future. Regardless, it seems that way Poison The series is more than adequately prepared for a future without its main protagonist.

What happens in the end? Venom: The Last Dance?

Brock and Venom find themselves on the run as creatures known as Xenophages, sent by the villain Knull (Andy Serkis, director of). Venom: Let There Be Carnage), hunt them down to obtain the code that would free Knull from his eternal imprisonment. During their journey, Brock/Venom meets Rex Strickland (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a militia leader who hunts and eliminates symbiotes seeking life on Earth. Strickland is responsible for shutting down Area 51, where the explosive climax takes place.

After determining the Codex's location in Area 51, Knull sends the xenophages through a portal to the military compound to capture Venom. The symbiote realizes that the only way to ensure Knull's imprisonment, and therefore the safety of the universe, is to separate itself from Brock and sacrifice itself. Venom merges with the xenophages and leads the creatures to their deaths, while Strickland detonates a series of explosives that seem to ensure their fate.

In the final scene, Brock is in Manhattan remembering all the good times he and Venom had together.

What happens in Venom: The Last Dance's mid-credits scene?

The end credits give the audience their first concrete look at Knull, a legendary villain from comic book history who spends most of their time The Last Dance literally frozen on his throne, clutching the necrosword, head bowed as he threatens intergalactic slaughter. But in the mid-credits scene, Knull looks into the camera for the first time and tells the audience that Venom's defeat has set the stage for his release from eternal captivity.

“Your champion has fallen,” Knull says of Venom. “Your planets will be mine. The King in Black is awake. I will kill your world. Everyone will burn and you will watch.”

Fan theories lead to this The Last Dance suspected that Knull might actually be the film's big bad, but it appears the character is being groomed for a future Marvel/Sony appearance instead. However, Hardy and director Kelly Marcel haven't debunked this theory like other fan speculations, so who knows what's left on the table.

It will be interesting to see how (and if) the franchise ultimately returns to Knull given Venom's sacrifice The Last Dance was supposedly made with the express purpose of locking up the villain.

What happens in Venom: The Last DancePost-credits scene?

The post-credits scene goes a long way toward explaining the somewhat cryptic credits. Cristo Fernández's bartender emerges from the Area 51 cave where he hid during the climax.

As he notices the destruction around him and flees the area, the camera focuses on a broken liquor bottle standing on a rock. A black cockroach crawls up the rock and toward the bottle, suggesting that a microscopic piece of poison still remains on earth. The fact that the symbiote has taken possession of another living creature and is searching for its beloved drink suggests that it will set out to find Brock and perhaps recapture him.

Could a Spider-Man collaboration be on the cards? We'll have to wait to find out.