Now a trilogy, the "Venom" movies have a distinct tone for Marvel-derived products, neither somber nor self-referential. That's largely due to its star's input.

"What's really interesting is that you care that much to really look into it. It's cool," he said of the fan theories.

That lovable brains-and-chocolate-eating symbiote known as Venom was loose at the Javits Center this past weekend for New York Comic Con, in anticipation of the release of Sony's "Venom: The Last Dance" on Friday (Oct. 25).