taunts and she and Devil defeat it, Syphon8r launches off Angelo and escapes. Film Sam Raimi film series The Venom symbiote appears in the live-action film Spider-Man 3. This incarnation came from space after it landed on Earth inside a meteorite. As Dr. Curt Connors' test shows, its chemistry is unlike the chondritic meteorites of the 70s. The symbiote fused with the sleeping Spider-Man's suit, enhancing his powers, abilities and anger. However, when Spider-Man learns of its evil nature, he separates himself from the symbiote with difficulty. After being rejected by the web-slinger, the alien attaches itself to Eddie Brock, turning him into Venom. Later, Spider-Man exploits the symbiote's weakness to soundwaves to defeat Venom and free Brock from it. However, it becomes strong enough to survive without a host, leading to Parker destroying it with one of the New Goblin's pumpkin bombs. Brock attempts to bond with it again, mere seconds before the bomb's detonation, resulting in him being annihilated along with it. Marc Webb films In trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 live-action film, the Venom symbiote appears briefly among various elements of supervillain technology seen in the Gustav Fiers / The Gentleman's agency. In the final cut of the film, the symbiote is replaced by the Rhino's armor, although a file labelled "Venom" is seen earlier in the film alongside a photograph of the symbiote. Sony Pictures had plans to create a Spider-Man-centric cinematic universe with various spin-off films, including a Venom film, which were abandoned following the studio agreement reached with Marvel Studios. Marvel Cinematic Universe In the live-action film Guardians of the Galaxy, the Exolons are referenced via the Exolon Monks, who serve Ronan the Accuser. In the live-action film Thor: Ragnarok, Hela uses a weapon called the Necrosword, which is based on All-Black the Necrosword. However, there is no mention of the weapon being a symbiote because (similar to the Exolons) All-Black was not originally intended to be a symbiote when it was introduced. In the animated television series What If...? episode "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?", an alternate reality incarnation of Taneleer Tivan uses Hela's helmet to produce a pair of necroswords to fight Star-Lord T'Challa. The mid-credits scene of Spider-Man: No Way Home features Tom Hardy reprising his role, uncredited, as Eddie Brock / Venom from the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) films Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Both Brock