Hold those tears back, everyone, as Tom Hardy appears to have confirmed that Venom: The Last Dance is in fact the last dance.

Look, I understand that the Venom movies are trash. They’re a mess, they’re everything a good story shouldn’t be in some ways, but I love them all the same – yes, even Let There Be Carnage. So when I say that I’m sad to hear that Venom: The Last Dance is the final film in the series, I’m honestly a little bit sad. Over on Instagram, Eddie Brock and Venom himself Tom Hardy shared a post with a trailer for the third film, with an honestly quite sweet caption that does confirm this will be the last film we’ll be getting about the character.

“Thank you for a great time – and 7 years,” wrote Hardy. “I’ve had the best experience [at] Sony working with Venom – this is me and the big guy’s last outing, going out with a Bang!!! Come see us off – last and the trilogy and done. We have had such a great time, thank you.” In another post he also wrote that “We’ve loved making these. Thankyou for your [love] and support – come join us for the Last Dance. For those of you that enjoy a good time from all of us in the team – Let us entertain you.”

The Last Dance is seemingly going to continue that loveable but trashy streak, but it also seems to be introducing the character of Knull, who is a pretty new character in comics terms, but is in the first instance the creator of Venom and all other symbiotes, and is generally thought of as a threat similar to that of Thanos, so clearly someone at Sony is planning something big, even if no more Venom films are on the way.

Venom: The Last Dance is out later this month, October 25.