Venom 3 could finally have a shot at landing an R-rating, thanks to Sony's Kraven the Hunter. Venom first made his big-screen debut in 2007's Spider-Man 3, played by Topher Grace, and later returned to cinemas in 2018's Venom, with Tom Hardy portraying a new version of Eddie Brock and voicing his alien symbiote companion. Hardy reprised the role in the 2021 sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage and even briefly crossed over into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with his end-credits cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home that same year.