Knull and his creatures are after Eddie/Venom because together, they contain a codex that can unlock Knull from where the ...

The “Sony Spider-Man Universe” bungles on – still notably not featuring Spider-Man, nice! – with Venom: The Last Dance (now ...

It picks up right after Dylan, in sole possession of the Venom symbiote, drives the Codex Blade through Eddie’s chest. The blade has the power to sever symbiotes from the King in Black’s hive.

well, everything. And wouldn't you know it, the codex just so happens to live inside Eddie and Venom, and the only way to destroy it is if either Eddie or Venom dies. See where this is going?

By the end of the film, Venom (not Eddie) sacrificed himself to destroy the Codex and keep Knull away; it's said that if either symbiote or host is killed, the Codex itself will also be destroyed.

Naturally, Eddie and Venom are the holders of the codex, so Knull sends some symbiote beasts out across the universe to retrieve it. After barely escaping a first encounter, the symbiote reveals ...

Venom is the custodian of something called the codex, which is the key to setting Knull free and as long as Eddie and Venom live, the Earth and the universe remain in grave peril of annihilation.

He’s now dispatched an army of stabby crab-like aliens through portals to retrieve the Eddie-Venom codex and free himself. The pair turn into a tracking device when Venom fully manifests ...

Venom: The Last Dance star Andy Serkis has reflected on playing Knull, God of the Symbiotes, in the Sony Pictures threequel ...