KRAVEN THE HUNTER: Sony Debuts Gruesome Opening Scene At NYCC As New Images & Footage Leak Online

KRAVEN THE HUNTER: Sony Debuts Gruesome Opening Scene At NYCC As New Images & Footage Leak Online

Though the entire preview has not leaked (yet), we have some footage from Kraven the Hunter's gruesome opening sequence and a new promo image featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular anti-hero...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 18, 2024 09:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Kraven the Hunter

Sony Pictures' New York Comic-Con panel has just finished up, and the first 8 minutes of Kraven the Hunter was screened for those in attendance.

The footage has not been officially released (we are expecting a new trailer early next week), but a few snippets have leaked online along with a couple of new promo stills.

The opening sequence sees Kraven (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) stalking and killing multiple foes in a prison, and the violence is said to be surprisingly gruesome. A second clip was also shown, with "multiple very brutal kills" including murder by bear trap, axe, and tree stump - which reportedly splits someone straight down the middle.

"He's an apex predator, the top of the food chain," said Johnson. "Kraven's a hunter, not a poacher. Like every hunter knows, sometimes you have to cull the herd to preserve order. Of course, when he starts applying that to human beings, it becomes a pretty dark story."

“It’s not just Kraven. We’ve really gotten an opportunity to dive into the Marvel characters in a really cool way,” added director J.C. Chandor. “We wanted to have the spirit of those characters be what fans want and also bring it to the screen in a new way… We’ve walked a tonal balance where myself as a storyteller and as the director, I know the actors in every performance, we’re not breaking the fourth wall. We believe in this story like it was really happening.”

"When you get in those books. It’s pretty, pretty intense," said the filmmaker of the movie's much-discussed R rating. "When the studio gave us the opportunity to see if we wanted to do this as an R[-rated] film, we were like, yes,” he said. “It was an amazing opportunity. It sort of opened up some really intense kind of Grindhouse stuff on one side, and then some also really intense character stuff.”

Check out the new stills and footage at the links below.

“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”

Kraven the Hunter is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is intended to be the sixth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU). The film was directed by J. C. Chandor and written by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk.

In addition to Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role, Ariana DeBose will play Calypso, a voodoo priestess and Kraven's on-off love interest (in the comics, at least); Fred Hechinger is Dmitri Smerdyakov, aka the Chameleon, who is Kraven's half-brother; Alessandro Nivola will play Aleksei Sytsevich, aka the Rhino, and Christopher Abbott will portray another villain known as the Foreigner.

Sony's next "SMU" movie has been rated R for "Strong bloody violence, and language."

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/18/2024, 9:13 PM
ITS KRAVING TIME!
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 10/18/2024, 9:20 PM
Too bad this movie is already DOA
bobevanz
bobevanz - 10/19/2024, 9:14 AM
@Gabimaru - can't wait to see the anti-hero Sinister Six 😪
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 10/18/2024, 9:26 PM
Just cause it's rated R and brutal doesn't make it good. We already had an example earlier in the year.
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Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/18/2024, 9:30 PM
@MCUKnight11 - 3 people went to see this movie. 🤣
Tpo81
Tpo81 - 10/18/2024, 10:07 PM
@MCUKnight11 - The crow was actually a good movie imo. I feel like if they changed the name of the movie and slightly changed the concept of the actual crows in the movie and made it about idk a different animal than people wouldn't of hate effed tf out of that movie. Not the greatest movie of all time by any means. But I definitely enjoyed it
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/18/2024, 10:22 PM
@MCUKnight11 - I’m no kraven fan I choose see kraven over crow any day
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/19/2024, 4:00 AM
@Tpo81 - Sanders isnt a bad director and Crow had its moments but as a movie it was trash. Some of the visuals were decent but it played like an extended concept of a movie rather than a complete or better flowing story.

I would expect Kraven to be easier to watch and dare I say, to enjoy...not by much though.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 10/19/2024, 5:00 AM
@MCUKnight11 - Same with Hellboy movie
BruceWayng
BruceWayng - 10/18/2024, 9:31 PM
I absolutely hate everything about this movie. I hate Aaron Taylor-Johnson playing Kraven. I hate that he doesn’t have and accent. I hate the rumor that he’s an animal rights activist. I hate the fact that this film kept us from getting Kraven in the MCU.

…And yet I am seriously considering seeing it simply for the fact that they seemed to have gone all in with the ultra violence and I can’t not respect that.

Call me old fashioned but when I see a man getting killed by a bear trap to the face and another man getting part of his face bitten off, it just makes me happy.


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JFerguson
JFerguson - 10/18/2024, 10:00 PM
[frick] it. I’ll watch this. Hope he’s the next Bond
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/18/2024, 10:07 PM
Cool , i still think this looks alright imo.

While it is a loose adaptation , Kraven as an anti-hero has precedent in the comics and other media…

The action looks fun and even the glimpses of the family drama seem like they could be interesting.

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MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 10/18/2024, 10:09 PM
I have seen a trailer in a theatèr last week and it looked really good, even the Rhino transformation wasn't as jarring as in the first trailer.

I am actually looking forward to this movie as a violent fun x-mas guilty pleasure.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/18/2024, 10:21 PM
Terrifier 4: Kraven
SATW42
SATW42 - 10/18/2024, 10:25 PM
Twelfth
DocSpock
DocSpock - 10/18/2024, 10:26 PM

Anti-hero???

Total villain is an anti-hero?
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 10/18/2024, 10:36 PM
How can they fu- ya know what? Nevermind.

Home Alone, Meets Preadator, Meets Beastmaster.

... don't f**k this up.

You will though. You will...
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/19/2024, 12:09 AM
@KennKathleen - If they treated Kraven like a Predator movie it would actually make sense. If his solo film was him focusing on targets he wanted to solo and challenge and then end it with his desire to challenge bigger threats with his list including Hulk, Black Panther, and Spider-Man.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 10/19/2024, 12:12 AM
@SonOfAGif -
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PS:

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For not giving me 💩 on my Predator misspelling!
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 10/19/2024, 12:23 AM
@SonOfAGif - If done right, he'd be like a Human OMAC for MARVEL.

Imagine Kraven being hired by Kingpin to take down the Vulture for stealing Stark Tech.

OR

Kraven searching the sewer tunnels to capture the Lizard, in an effort to mimic his healing abilities.

Along the way, he runs into Vermin...

OR

Kraven teams up with The Chamelon with the hopes to find the Rhino, Vulture, Mysterio, Scorpion, and reinstate the new Sinister Six.

🪙 🪙
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 10/19/2024, 5:19 AM
@KennKathleen - User Comment Image
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/19/2024, 10:25 AM
@KennKathleen - Because Sony has absolutely no interest in sharing characters. They don't want to share the revenue and definitely do not want to let Marvel Studios have creative control. Sony would rather blow through hundreds of millions of dollars in losses before admitting defeat.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 10/19/2024, 10:32 AM
@SonOfAGif - Sony should sell Spider-Man, keep the videogame license, put the money in Image.

Start with Spawn, Pitt, Shadowhawk, Savage Dragon, W.E.T.W.O.R.K.S, The Maxx, and do their own thing.
RolandD
RolandD - 10/18/2024, 10:44 PM
“Be what the fans want.”? Whenever I hear or read what the fans want with the character, Kraven is for him to be up against Spider-Man, not poachers.
folieaturd
folieaturd - 10/18/2024, 10:53 PM
Kraven? more like a young Hercules
Order66
Order66 - 10/18/2024, 11:08 PM
I hope this movie tanks.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 10/18/2024, 11:14 PM
I dont get the impression that Aaron Taylor is Thee Kraven, he strikes me more as the voids variant version of Kraven. Gerard Butler will always be the comic version of Kraven to me, no matter how much they try to hollywood it up or shake the camera during fights
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 10/18/2024, 11:37 PM
Shouldnt this Kraven be a street corner protesting with vegans for animal rights?🤷‍♂️
micvalpro
micvalpro - 10/18/2024, 11:51 PM
Just got home from NYCC, I was at this panel, it was boring. The venom one too. Sony needs to stick to video games.
XavierWasRight
XavierWasRight - 10/19/2024, 2:26 AM
I was at this panel early last night too... The crowd was very difficult to impress tbh. I've had similar experiences many times, specifically at live events in NYC. I've heard the singers at these shows literally say over the mic, "The NYers are too cool" for this concert. What I got from that is that the NY crowd struggles to truly let go and be enthralled by most experiences. HOWEVER, I did think the opening to the Kraven movie was just ok-- I can agree that visually he is not THE Kraven that we grew up with... BUT I think this movie will be successful; the violence and gore are something that the modern audience will certainly appreciate.

My venom critique is that they've given away a lot of the visuals. At the panel they showed the venom horse scene, but I wasn't too moved because I already knew that that would be happening. There was a super nice Knulll tease that perked my interest. Overall, I had an awesome time at this panel simply for being in the same room as the actors and directors and experiencing it this way was special. In the end I think ATJ can make the role his own and I'm just hoping to see more connection to this supposed Spider-verse.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 10/19/2024, 2:45 AM
MCU fanboys on the Sony universe

- if it is a hit: part of MCU
- if it sucks: not part of MCU

OptimusCrime
OptimusCrime - 10/19/2024, 4:38 AM
@vectorsigma - how many hits did they have?
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 10/19/2024, 8:52 AM
@vectorsigma - still waiting on that 1st hit
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 10/19/2024, 9:48 AM
@BigPhilbowski @OptimusCrime - nwh
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 10/19/2024, 10:28 AM
@vectorsigma - part of the mcu not the Sony universe. Just made by them with Feiges help.
OptimusCrime
OptimusCrime - 10/19/2024, 10:54 AM
@vectorsigma - was part of the mcu though.
Made by Marvel, funded by Sony.
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan - 10/21/2024, 2:11 AM
@vectorsigma - Welllllllllll........ Maybes if it didn't play out EXACTLY like that the 'MCU fan boys' as you put it wouldn't be right!

SONY SUCKS! End of.

Spider-Man 1 as much praise as it gets gave us a Power Ranger looking Green Goblin & it's even more annoying when you see what you could have had, I'd have actually given Sony some credit had they gone with the more accurate looking Goblin they had & scrapped for a nonsensical BS reason!

Spider-Man 3
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider SoV
TASM
TASM 2
Venom
Venom LTBC
Morbius
Madame Web

Venom TLD & Kraven both about to join their TERRIBLE list!

Need I continue with Sony's track record of terrible adaptations of Marvel IP movies?!

9 bad Marvel movies/adaptations with no doubt another 2 stinkers coming to take the total to 11. At what point do you just think you should give up with the IP rather than pumping out more crap that dilutes the Spier-Man name/franchise/characters?

They need to stick with Bad Boys, Get back on Jump Street & stick to making video games & consoles because anything Marvel they F UCK RIGHT UP!
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/19/2024, 4:03 AM
I got a feeling they delayed the movie to coincide with MGM's imminent announcement of him being Bond. Probably the best marketing they'll get.

I obviously don't know this for certain I wouldn't be surprised.
CerealKiller1
CerealKiller1 - 10/19/2024, 5:04 AM
“and tree stump - which reportedly splits someone straight down the middle”

Reportedly? Why are you saying that like it wasn’t in the last trailer..?
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 10/19/2024, 6:06 AM
Does ATJ have perms-abs?

Also, just realized he and Anya Taylor Joy have the same middle name and initials.
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