The Morbius trailer featured a couple of big nods to Spider-Man, including graffiti of the wall-crawler with the words "Murderer" scrawled across it. However, the biggest hint that the movie takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or a world very much like it) was the inclusion of Spider-Man: Homecoming villain Adrian Toomes played by Michael Keaton.
Our first look at Venom: Let There Be Carnage didn't feature anything quite that direct, though The Daily Bugle newspaper did appear to be based on the one from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies.
In an interview with IGN, director Andy Serkis weighed in on whether Spidey is part of Venom's world.
"Obviously, there are links between Venom and Spider-Man and the Marvel Universe and the Spider-Man story," he explained. "We're treating this very much as it's his own world. The Venom story is his own world."
"There are nods and little moments [like the shot of the newspaper the Daily Bugle], of course, but on the whole he's unaware. They are unaware, at this point, of other characters like Spider-Man. So, that's the way we've chosen to play this particular episode of the movie, but, well, we'll wait and see. We'll see what little things you can pick out of it."
We can't help but wonder whether Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius are supposed to be set in the same world as the Spider-Man trilogy based on what we've seen up until this point, but it's possible that Spider-Man: No Way Home is going to clear things up.
Talking of the Bugle, some fans are convinced today's trailer references Earth's Mightiest Heroes...
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