LIFE is actually a prequel film to
VENOM.
A recent fan theory has been floating around the internet suggesting that Sony’s upcoming sci-fi film Life could be a backdoor Venom prequel. Daniel Espinosa’s film follows astronauts aboard the International Space Station who retrieve the first Martian lifeform. The tiny sentient organism grows powerful and begins to kill off the crew members.
The speculation began on Reddit when a user pointed out a recycled shot from Spider-Man 3 appears in the trailer for Life. This is a common practice that happens more often than you would think. Someone in the thread began to theorizes: “What if Life is actually a symbiote/Venom origin story?” Of course, this is just how we think in this post-Split world, and the chances of this are very very VERY unlikely.
It is worth noting that Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick previously worked on a Venom script for Sony before the Spider-man cinematic universe was seemingly abandoned with the MCU Spider-Man deal.
Reasons why it probably isn't true:
A) Reynolds is in the film, and is already Deadpool. Casting him in another secret Marvel movie wouldn't sit well.
B) This is rated R. MCU films have yet to do a R rated movie.
C) Sony isn't smart enough to pull this off. lol
Reasons why it could be true:
A) Life and Spider-Man both by Sony
B) Sony just announced a VENOM film to be released NEXT YEAR. This would be a great way to kickstart it.
C) Gyllenhaal was once almost Peter Parker back in the day. Kind of a fun nod.
D) Plot of the movie is very similar to the origin story of the symbiote.
