Both writers
Rhett Reese and
Paul Wernick, along with director Daniel Espinosa, are reluctant to admit that
Life has no ties to
Venom, though the possibility of the creatives just having some fun with a fan theory remains. ComicBook.com caught up with the trio behind Life at a press event for the film and posed the question directly.
"Yes, the answer is yes!" Wernick said in a joking manner. "
We are tied to Venom! We are the prequel to Venom!"
Reese was quick to point out the reasoning behind the theory. "
One is that we wrote a Venom screen play, so I think people saw that connection," Reese said. "
They also saw the Spider-Man 3 footage that sneaked its way into our last trailer." None of it rules out a connection.
"They just announced a Venom movie release date just yesterday."
Wernick chimed back in, saying,
"All of the sudden, someone's out there going, 'Bing! Lightbulb!'"
While the writers' tone was one of a joking manner, they never distinctly ruled out the possibility. In fact, when asked if they're of the belief that Life would make a great prequel to a Venom film, Reese agrees, saying,
"It would, wouldn't it?"
"That's the symbiote!" Wernick says of the alien life form in
Life.
"Eddie Brock's on Earth. The symbiote's on Earth, finds Eddie Brock..."
They're practically already writing the connection.
"He realizes he can hide on the inside of a human," Reese said of the alien.