Kun ensimmäistä Venom-elokuvaa alettiin tehdä, oli tarkoituksena tuottaa leffasta reilusti lapsilta kielletty. Tämä kuitenkin muuttui ilmeisesti taloudellisten syiden pakottamana. Venom oli silti menestys, ja jatko-osa on tulossa. Jokerin menestys lippuluukuilla varmisti sen, että Venom 2 on reilusti lapsilta kielletty.
Cinema Blendin haastattelema tuottaja Matt Tolmach paljasti, että Jokerin omaa elokuvaa on kiittäminen Venomin jatko-osan suunnasta.
"I mean, I think you always have to think about [it], now that that works. Having said that, our movie worked really well. Our franchise exists as it is, and I don't think anybody is looking to just say, 'Hey, they [did it]!' We have a place in the world. So it isn't like suddenly everybody's considering what to do with the rating.
I think what Joker does is it tells you that you can succeed. For a very long time, that was the narrative. And Deadpool sort of wrestled that to the turf, and then Logan, but for a long time, that was considered totally forbidden [...] So you know, I think it's the greatest thing in the world that R-rated movies are being embraced by massive audiences. And it just means that there are more opportunities for that kind of storytelling."
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