Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige On Decision To Bring VENOM Into The Marvel Cinematic Universe

@HeavyMetal4Life - Agreed.
We need to think of how we can merge the 'ok' Holland Spiderman and mediocre Hardy Venom and make both appear better than their parts so we aren't stuck with Sony coming up with some ridiculous crap.
Venom with Hardy... ok to be funny.
Venom without Hardy... could be what we need to give him a more serious tone and i think the 'Lethal Protector' or whatever he called himself in Venom 2 might be that segue into what we need. Venom wants to be a more serious protector. To do so, he can still have a rule not to eat anyone but bad guys... and can do that off screen (mostly). I think it is him seeing Spiderman and emulating him, wanting to be a better hero that could drive this change.
Should Holland ever don the symbiote? Maybe. Maybe that is what changes Venom to becoming more serious... he really likes being Parker and being so 'good' inherently. Parker could even shield him from harm, give him a little hideaway place to draw back into when attacked by sound. This would really put Parker in good with Venom.
But ultimately, Venom needs Eddy. He returns to Eddy to complete each other. He realizes Parker doesn't need him like Eddy needs him.
AND when he is on Parker vs Eddy he actually represents himself differently as well as a change in character... this is when the iconic white spider on black comes out in tribute to Spidey... less of the teeth, more of the huge hulking spidey with stretchy powers.
It would be interesting if Spidey and Venom merged when Spidey was in a tech suit and Venom had access to the AI... what a field day of improv that would be.

In summation, I can see this working. I can see if being a sum which is better than its parts.
Hopefully someone at the MCU is reading this or those discussions are already taking place. Hopefully its not just mopey Parker mated up with Silly over the top Venom/Hardy... that would be the least interesting character arc possible for both.

@Odin - Yeah, you're right. Maybe the Sumbiote would save him in space or something. Would've been awesome and HEY - not another Stark deus ex machina.

@TyrantBossMedia - Exactly, he was in space!! aaargh

@Origame - the symbiote didn't have to be explained there. And could vanish with Peter.

@MarvelousMarty - I suspect he saying that in terms of financial success and the non-comic book fans liking of the character, so he's not seeing it as rubbish, but a successful franchise with a growing fan base (which it is).