Venom's first appearance in a motion picture was originally planned for a titular film written by David S. Goyer and produced by New Line Cinema, in which Venom would have been portrayed as an antihero and Carnage as the antagonist.
Venoms första medverkande i en film planerades ursprungligen att vara i en egen film skriven av David S. Goyer och producerad av New Line Cinema, där Venom skulle ha skildrats som en antihjälte och Carnage som antagonisten.