Daily News for Marvel Movie

Summary

• Studios have legal rights and political considerations that influence character designs in superhero movies, such as Venom, which may differ from the comics.
• The public often does not understand the reasons behind the final look of a superhero film, and judging solely based on the appearance can overlook the intricate decision-making process.
• Superhero movie designs undergo changes for various reasons, including the need to create costume suitable for live-action, differentiate from the comics, and sell merchandise, leading to multiple costume variations for each hero.

A Marvel movie insider who worked on Venom explains why changes to character designs in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and other superhero movies happen, defending the changes from fan backlash. Many superhero films have made changes to character designs from the comics, and while some cases have proved the changes were for the better, there are cases like Tom Hardy's Venom movies where the redesigns were not beloved.
On Twitter, 3D artist Henning Sanden, who worked on Venom, defended the changes to the character's design from the comics for the movie from fan backlash.
Sanden shared a split image of Hardy's Venom and a fan-made version of him that made Venom look more similar to the comics. According to Sanden, there are many political aspects within studios regarding the rights to the source material that impact how a character looks in a film. All the MCU movies, the SSU movies, and more should suffer from this; as Sanden says, "The public has really no idea why something looks the way it looks by judging the final product."