The answer to that question is depressingly (andrepeatedly) no.
After his brief appearance inLast Dancestrailer, both Cates and Stegman tweeted about his inclusion.
As for Cates, well, he made his thoughts on the matter pretty clear.
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Cateslater said he readLast Dancesscript and is seemingly positive about whatever direction things are headed.
Its so much bigger, so much more ambitious than you could imagine, hesaidof the film.
Theres a movie being made where a character Ryan and I created is fighting a character Todd McFarlane created.
[…] Nothing is going to rob me of thinking thats fucking rad.
And in regards to Knull specfically, he teased: Holy shit.
Thats how you treat a king.
Well (probably) find out more whenVenom: The Last Dancehits theaters on October 25.
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