In just over a month, Tom Hardy will perform Symbiotic Boogaloo for the last time. Venom: The Last Dance. A new trailer for the trilogy gives a tantalizing look at recent Venom comic book villain Knull, and for fans of the comics, one thing is on their minds: the villain’s creator is financially Did you get the rewards you deserve?
Frustratingly, the answer to this question is (and repeatedly is) no. Knull was created by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman in their early venom Back in 2018, all he was told was that he was the creator of the symbiote (aka Klyntar) and a powerful cosmic god known as the King in Black. after his brief appearance last dance In the trailer, both Cates and Stegman took to Twitter to talk about his addition. Although he didn’t know this was going to happen in advance, Stegman joked that Marvel’s big check would help him “finally be able to afford a lazy river moat around my house.” As for Cates, he was unconvinced about the incident. The idea has been made very clear.
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— Donny Cates (@Doncates) September 12, 2024
If you didn’t know, it’s well known that comic book creators are not well compensated financially (or indeed not compensated at all) when comic book characters are adapted into movies, TV series, etc. These are all jobs for hire, and things don’t really work out in their favor, as Marvel artist Jen Bartel recently discussed Marvel Snapshot. At most they will appear in a movie or premiere, or be thanked and mentioned in the closing credits, but not always. Last year, for example, Insomniac Games infamously failed to credit Cates and Stegman for elements of its gameplay. venom run dollars Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Cates later said he had read last dance script, and seems positive about where things are going. “It’s bigger and more ambitious than you think,” he said of the film. “There’s a movie in the works where a character created by Ryan and I is fighting a character created by Todd McFarlane. […] Nothing can stop me from thinking this is awesome. Regarding Knull specifically, he joked: “Oh my God. This is how you treat a king.
Does this mean Knull will enter the Marvel Universe and cause trouble for Tom Holland and whoever plays Venom there? We (might) find out more Venom: The Last Dance Released on October 25th.
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