‘Venom: The Last Dance’: Knull, Explained

Note: There are spoilers for “Venom: The Last Dance” below

“Venom: The Last Dance” introduces the literal god of symbiotes – Knull, a being older than the universe itself.

Being older than time means there’s quite a bit of history about the character the third movie in Sony’s “Venom” trilogy leaves on the cutting room floor. Knull created the symbiotes as a way to battle with the Celestials who created light in the unending darkness he’d been tumbling through forever.

Knull’s first arrival on Earth during the Dark Ages ended disastrously when he squared off with Thor. Despite an army of symbiotes – including dragon-like monstrosities called the Grendel – they weren’t a match for the God of Thunder.