Venom: Let There Be Carnage Director Andy Serkis has just explained some of Carnage's powers. The forthcoming movie is a sequel to 2018's Venom, a film that stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, a journalist whose body gets infused with an alien symbiote named Venom. In the first film, Brock works with Venom to save the day, and for the sequel, they'll have to test their working relationship again as they now have to fight against a villain with super powers.
In the sequel, Woody Harrelson plays the role of Cletus Kasady, who first appeared in a Venom post-credits scene. He's a deranged killer who also gets infused with an alien symbiote. Together, they become Carnage, a classic villain from the Spider-Man comic book franchise. Carnage has been around for years, but this will be the first time he's been depicted on the big screen. The trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage has just premiered, so now, fans have their first glimpse at the character in action.
Speaking to IGN, Serkis let loose some details about the movie. In the interview, he explained some of Carnage's powers. He says:
He can turn to mist. He can turn to all manner of tendrils. He can take different forms. He can weaponize, he can do all of these different things. With all symbiotes, they reflect the person who is their host. So the darkness of Carnage, the playfulness, the wit, the strangeness. Cletus has a real intelligence and… a real sense of humor, and we wanted to reflect that in the symbiote that is linked to him.
For those who have followed Carnage's history, a lot of those abilities sound familiar. In those stories, Carnage can mold himself into a variety of shapes and shoot out a web-like substance from his body like Spider-Man. It should be noted that Spider-Man has not been mentioned in this franchise yet, and this film is not in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What will be interesting is the chance to see how they look on the big screen. That should only give fans more incentive to see the film when Venom: Let There Be Carnage releases this September.
Elsewhere in the interview, Serkis explains the differences in the fundamental makeup of Carnage and Venom's powers. He points out that Venom is more about brute force, while Carnage uses his opponent's energy against them while using psychological manipulation and his slimy physiology to his advantage. Serkis also explains that because of their similar upbringings has led Cletus to see Brock as a kindred spirit. Because of this, Brock is the only person that Cletus will speak to. With this in mind, authorities ask Brock to try to get information on where to find the bodies of Cletus' victims. The outcome of that conversation is unclear, but, in the trailer, we do see Cletus survive his execution, seemingly by bonding with the symbiote.
Venom was a surprise mega success when it was released three years ago, with the film grossing $856 million at the box office. From the looks of the trailer, it appears that Venom: Let There Be Carnage will double down on the gory action of its predecessor, and pairing talents like Harrelson and Hardy should only lead to more electricity on screen. While the COVID-19 pandemic will likely prevent it from making as much money as Venom, electric performances and dynamic action scenes could mean this film should still do well at the box office.
Source: IGN
