“Venom: The Last Dance” is finally here.

The latest – and possibly definitive? – The movie “Venom” sees Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and Venom (also Hardy) on the run from a government agency (led by Chiwetel Ejiofor) as well as a bunch of crazy aliens sent by a sinister space deity named Knull (Andy). Serkis). Knull is locked up in a prison on a desert planet and needs a symbiote and host to be released – which means he needs Eddie and Venom to escape. So for them to keep Knull in place, either Venom or Eddie has to go.

But as we know, comic book movies tend to have a story that spills over into the main credits. Does ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ have a post-credits scene? And what happens in the sequences?

Major spoiler warning. Serious. We’re opening Christmas presents early. Watch the movie and come back later.

Does ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ have a mid-credits scene?

Yes.

Does ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ have a post-credits scene?

Yes.

Let’s talk about the mid-credits scene first.

All right.

Tell us about it!

This is the more substantial scene. It involves the aforementioned villain Knull, who is now referred to as the King in Black (which comic fans will understand from a Marvel-wide initiative). While he still seems imprisoned, he rises from the throne. This is when you get a much better look at Knull.

Is there anything else about this scene?

Indeed, it looks like they’re grooming Knull to be the big bad for Sony’s constellation of Spider-Man-adjacent villains. There’s a great “early Thanos” energy to the sequence.

How about the post-credits scene?

The post-credits sequence returns to the Mexican bartender (played by “Ted Lasso” Cristo Fernández), who was introduced at the end of the last “Venom” film, “Let There Be Carnage.” He returns in this film and at the beginning of “Venom: The Last Dance” he is kidnapped by Strickland (Ejiofor) and forced into the secret government program. That little weld that Eddie left on the bar counter? Strickland is good at that, too.

Anyway, at the end of “Venom: The Last Dance”, basically the entire secret government base is destroyed, first by the alien monsters hunting Venom and then by a huge explosion that Strickland sets off, destroying the creatures, the symbiotes (including Venom). ) and many others. (Eddie Brock manages to escape, as does the scientist played by Juno Temple.) The post-credits scene sees the bartender wandering through the smoldering ruins of the lab and a brief shot of a cockroach, surviving the devastation (duh) walking up to an overt villain who may have symbiote residue? Is Venom-Bug a possible spin-off? Who knows!

Do the mid-credits and post-credits scenes hint at more ‘Venom’ adventures?

Certainly. There have been a number of characters that have bonded with the symbiote. Even if this is the last we see of Eddie Brock, we’re pretty sure “Venom” will be back.

“Venom: The Last Dance” is now in theaters.