BLACK PANTHER Director Ryan Coogler Wanted Kraven The Hunter To Appear In The Movie

BLACK PANTHER Director Ryan Coogler Wanted Kraven The Hunter To Appear In The Movie

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler talks about what Marvel wouldn't let him have in the movie and it turns out that Spider-Man villain Kraven the Hunter was among them! Hit the jump for more details!

By JoshWilding - Feb 09, 2018 07:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Black Panther
Source: Yahoo Movies
Black Panther is a movie which it seems is crammed full of references to the comic books and it sounds like Wakanda is going to be very rich in terms of nods to the source material and cameos from characters associated with T'Challa's world. Now, director Ryan Coogler has revealed that he wanted one more villain in the movie but it's someone who Marvel Studios couldn't actually let him use! 

"Being a Marvel fan, you want to grab all the characters," the filmmaker says in the video below. "You realise
there’s contractual things. You don’t have that character. There was a Christopher Priest run that was pretty heavy, there’s a big scene where Panther’s fighting Kraven, Kraven the Hunter."
 
That would have been amazing to see but Sony is reportedly planning a solo movie for the character which could explain why Coogler couldn't use him even though Spider-Man is now in the MCU. "I’ve always loved Kraven the Hunter in almost every iteration. So there was a moment – ‘Can I grab Kraven?’ – and they were ‘Nah, you don’t have Kraven.’ He was one where I thought ‘Oh, man.’ But I don’t even know if he would have worked in the movie we ended up with, this was the early days."

Do you wish we'd seen Black Panther vs. Kraven the Hunter in the MCU? Share your thoughts below.

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ODanil
ODanil - 2/9/2018, 7:27 AM
Holy Sh#it! that makes all sorts of sense! =@
Vigor
Vigor - 2/9/2018, 7:56 AM
@ODanil - Too much sense. Before even seeing Black Panther and being content with fruitvale/Creed.... after this quote I can say I'm safely in Coogler's corner
PBIRD
PBIRD - 2/9/2018, 8:10 AM
@Vigor - agreed 100. A fan. Also I have mentioned several times on this site that KRAVEN would translate so well to silver screen
Buckster10
Buckster10 - 2/9/2018, 9:49 AM
@PBIRD - Marvel can't get the rights back to all of their characters fast enough! Venom looks like another Fantastic 4 mess. I want to see Kraven and Venom fight Hollands Spidey!
DoubleD
DoubleD - 2/9/2018, 2:22 PM
@ODanil - HELL YES "Welcome to Jungle"
aflynn
aflynn - 2/9/2018, 7:32 AM
KWilly
KWilly - 2/9/2018, 7:56 AM
@aflynn - Unfortunately, I don't think there could even be a next time. I think Sony has Kraven on lockdown for future ideas.

Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 2/9/2018, 7:33 AM
Sony just hurts themselves with their efforts to retain control over certain Spider-man characters. Introducing Kraven in “Black Panther: could have been huge.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 2/9/2018, 7:34 AM
Thanks Sony!
tugboy
tugboy - 2/9/2018, 7:37 AM
Sony: "Here, you can have this":

Spodermug
Spodermug - 2/9/2018, 7:38 AM
Hearing stuff like this and seeing that Venom trailer yesterday just makes me want Marvel to regain Spidey's rights entirely.
PBIRD
PBIRD - 2/9/2018, 8:14 AM
@Spodermug - amen
tugboy
tugboy - 2/9/2018, 8:16 AM
@Spodermug -
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