Kraven the Hunter is one of Spider-Man's greatest foes, going so far as to gun down the web-slinger and bury him alive. He's a character who has always pushed Peter Parker to his limits and is an undeniably fearsome villain, so it makes perfect sense to portray him as an anti-hero in a solo movie. Or not.
Like it or not, that's what Sony Pictures has planned in Kraven the Hunter, though there's no denying that the studio has managed to assemble an impressive cast.
Avengers: Age of Ultron star Aaron Taylor-Johnson will play the title character and Russell Crowe is expected to take on the role of Nikolai Kravinoff, the father of the eponymous Spider-Man villain. Now, the latter has shared his thoughts on the Marvel project in an interview with CBR.
"I've talked to J.C. Chandor, the director, he's really excited about what he's got in front of him [and] really excited about the way people will receive it," the actor teased. "I think I can sort of pass on...one of the things he said, that it's, it's just an unexpectedly dark world."
Morbius also took place in a "dark" corner of Sony's Marvel Universe, as did Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, for that matter. Unfortunately, those movies proved to be more goofy than serious and were met with negative reviews.
There's always a chance Kraven the Hunter will turn things around, of course, though we may be in trouble if Morbius and The Vulture show up in a post-credits scene to recruit the hunter to their "team."
Directed by J.C Chandor from a screenplay by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk, the movie's cast also includes Ariana DeBose as Calypso, Christopher Abbott, Alessandro Nivola, Russell Crowe, Fred Hechinger, and Levi Miller.
Kraven the Hunter is set to be released in theaters on October 6, later this year.