Zelnick recounted a greenlight meeting where he sensed a negative vibe regarding a sequel. When he asked the producer about their excitement, the response revealed a lack of enthusiasm, prompting Zelnick to halt the meeting and decide against the project.
"Basically, the Teramind monitoring and the blatant lack of respect for the staff, where they were not being honest about the reasons for the monitoring, why they started it, when they started it—that was like finding that nail in the coffin for me."
Let me give y'all an exclusive. We were going to have a Venom game. We were going to drop a Venom game and a Venom DLC, but we lost Tony Todd. They showed me how it was gonna start- they showed me how everything was going to be. It was gonna be a Venom video game.