The writers of Spider-Man: No Way Home have confirmed that the film's director directed that post-credit scene from Venom: Let There Be Carnage. In the widely talked about scene, Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) makes his way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it was clear that there are some big plans ahead for the character. Before we go on any further, heed this warning now that there are MAJOR SPOILERS for Spider-Man: No Way Home in this story.

As we saw in that Venom 2 post-credit scene, Eddie and Venom are in a hotel room when they're suddenly transported into the MCU. Along with the new surroundings in the room, Venom takes notice of the television screen with J. Jonah Jameson (J. K. Simmons) revealing that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is Spider-Man. Venom takes a clear interest in Peter, going so far as to lick the screen as Jameson unveils the web-slingers true identity to the world.

This scene had actually been filmed on the Spider-Man: No Way Home set. Now, the film's writers, Chris Mckenna and Erik Sommers, have confirmed via Variety that Jon Watts also directed the post-credit scene. It makes sense as it teased an apparent meeting between Hardy's Venom and Holland's Spidey, and fans were wondering if a confrontation would happen in No Way Home. While there were discussions of bringing Venom into the final battle, the choice was made to give their inevitable meeting another tease with a new post-credit scene.

The writers also explain a possible plot hole with the introduction of Venom via the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Because Doctor Strange's spell only applied to people who knew Peter Parker was Spider-Man in other universes, this leaves the question as to how Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock would get pulled in, having never met Peter in Sony's Marvel universe. They have an explanation for this, noting that the connection comes from Venom, who knows about the MCU, and not Eddie.

"The idea is that the symbiote has knowledge of other universes. Buried in his brain is some knowledge of that connection,” Mckenna says.

“The most important thing is this wasn’t just going to be a bunch of fan service," the writer also said of striking just the right balance with the number of characters used. "It wasn’t going to be just curtain calls for everybody. We had to figure out a way that this [movie] told the story of this Peter Parker right now, organically coming off of where we left the last movie. That was always our north star. Yeah, it’s a big fun idea. Let’s not forget Peter. You can’t get lost in the mix. It has to be his emotional journey.”

You can't argue with results. Spider-Man: No Way Home is breaking records left and right with the ticket sales continuing to rapidly rise. Along with the financial success has been immense critical acclaim, as fans and critics alike are universally satisfied with the movie. Considering the amount of hype people had going in, that's an amazing accomplishment.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is now playing in theaters.