Sony boss has finally explained why their ambitious Spider-Man universe, featuring Venom, didn’t succeed. In an interview with Variety, Tom Rothman admitted what led to the failure of Sony’s shared Spider-Man universe, headlined by Venom. What movies were part of Sony’s Shared Spider-Man Universe? However, the ambitious plan to create a separate Spider-Man universe completely crashed once other spin-off movies came out. The same year, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven The Hunter also came out and was the last nail in the coffin for Sony’s shared Spider-Man universe.