Of course they wouldn't say it out loud. But, based on the information I know about them, especially from when I used to check out Midnight's Edge on Youtube, it is very likely what they are doing. Why else would they pick out what Spider-Man properties they can and do their own stuff with it out of canon from the MCU? And I never said they will do an Aunt May movie if Venom succeeds - I said they HAVE considered an Aunt May movie once.