SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Writers Talk About Using Kraven The Hunter For Non-MCU Version Of The Movie

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Writers Talk About Using Kraven The Hunter For Non-MCU Version Of The Movie

Tom Holland recently revealed that the non-Marvel Studios version of Spider-Man: No Way Home would have featured Kraven the Hunter as the movie's lead villain. Now, the writers have chimed in...

By JoshWilding - Dec 17, 2021 09:12 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: Variety

During a recent interview to promote Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland revealed that after Disney and Sony Pictures parted ways, Kraven the Hunter was considered for the movie's villain. While missing out on all the Multiverse madness in the threequel would have been a terrible shame, fans probably wouldn't have been upset about getting an adaptation of "Kraven's Last Hunt," for example. 

After all, with Spider-Man framed as Mysterio's killer, Kraven tracking Peter Parker down has the makings of a great movie. Now, that villain is getting his own spinoff, but Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers recently told Variety what led them to that character. 

With it looking increasingly likely that Spidey's next adventure would not take place in the MCU, they had to get creative. "We were taking meetings about it, and going, ‘Well, what would this movie be if it wasn’t in the MCU?'" McKenna says. Sommers adds: "It was like any time you have a limitation thrown on you. Then it creates possibilities and spurs all sorts of creative discussions."

"Fortunately, they came to their agreement before we were too far down any road, and we were able to jump right in with the old team," he concluded. 

We came close to getting a Spider-Man vs. Kraven the Hunter movie, then, but would any of us now trade what ended up in Spider-Man: No Way Home for that clash? Probably not, but even in that iteration, the writers were set to highlight the fallout from the wall-crawler's secret identity being revealed to the world. "He has to, again, struggle with what it means to be Peter Parker, what it means to be Spider-Man," McKenna notes. "It’s like therapy, talking about this stuff!"

It remains unclear whether Holland's Spider-Man will be part of two worlds moving forward, but a meeting with Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Kraven might not be totally off the cards. 

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Spidey91
Spidey91 - 12/17/2021, 9:04 AM
I'm sorry but after seeing NWH no one is gonna mourn this defunct version of the movie.
KWilly
KWilly - 12/17/2021, 9:23 AM
@Spidey91 - Forgot where I saw it, but someone said NWH (the one we got) will always be the bigger movie.

But the Kraven one could've been the better one, pound for pound.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/17/2021, 9:11 AM
@regularmovieguy


You see NWH yet?👀
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/17/2021, 9:50 AM
@AmazingFILMporg

Won't be seeing it until Tuesday brotha!
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/17/2021, 9:52 AM
@regularmovieguy -


Damn...


Have fun🙋
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 12/17/2021, 9:17 AM
Feel like I’m the only one who was in favour of what we got instead of a spidey vs kraven movie
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 12/17/2021, 9:21 AM
@manofillintent1 - Kraven story line with spider man can still happen any time on screen, what we got with no way home was something that could only happen in the time of the “cinematic universe” boom, like it or hate it, it was a once in a life time viewing experience
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/17/2021, 9:18 AM
I love where the movie leaves Peter but I do wonder if we will get MCU versions of classic villains or they will explore the lesser known Spidey villains and build them up.
(They forgot Scorpion exists)

I would love to see Hobgoblin and Hanmerhead
Origame
Origame - 12/17/2021, 9:26 AM
@BlackBeltJones - well we know green goblin is out of the picture, since it's confirmed no Osborne in the mcu. Hobgoblin can appear, though he can't have actual goblin tech or the Oz formula. He'd instead probably use tech from tinkerer and a new version of the super soldier serum while being inspired by when green goblin appeared (or would the public even remember).

Hammer head I could see now that kingpin is back. Maybe tombstone with him as well.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 12/17/2021, 9:37 AM
@BlackBeltJones - I'm hoping we get the various crime bosses in the animated Disney+ show. For the movies I wouldn't mind doing it without Green Goblin, but I do hope we'll get an Ock native to the MCU (especially because it would serve as a nice contrast to the No Way Home version)
Origame
Origame - 12/17/2021, 9:22 AM
Wait, so you set up a story of Peter having his identity exposed and framed for murder, and having the one hunter villain hunt Peter down was your BACKUP plan? If anything the multiverse stuff seemed like what was thrown at you in the last minute, since the only hint of the multiverse in far from home was the fake backstory mysterio came up with.
KWilly
KWilly - 12/17/2021, 9:26 AM
Personally, I think we'll get ONE more Tom Holland Spider-Man movie with him as a adult. I'd love for them to use Mr Negative.

SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 12/17/2021, 9:27 AM
Okay, so...mild spoilers. But...


Am I crazy, or was Kraven in the movie? One of the shiny silhouettes we see when Strange is trying to prevent the multiverse from bleeding in looked an awful lot like classic Kraven. Classic Rhino was there, for sure (the horn was unmistakable). But one of the figures was wearing a huge pelt around his neck and was holding some kind of staff.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 12/17/2021, 9:33 AM
@SheepishOne - You're correct I saw Rhino and Kraven too. They should post some of the stills. Perhaps they're characters that they want to use in future sequels
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/17/2021, 9:34 AM
@SheepishOne -


I saw the one guy holding a staff. I need to see this film again.....



And again....



Again, again, again and again❤
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 12/17/2021, 10:03 AM
@SheepishOne - Yeah, that was him. And it looked like a woman looking at her nails next to him which lead me to believe it was Black Cat.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 12/17/2021, 9:40 AM
Guess the deal really allowed them to take it in the complete opposite direction of any sort of limitation they had before.

I don't mind not seeing this Spider-Man taking Kraven. Think it would be far more interesting with Garfield's version. Same with Venom and Morbius. They should make Sony's Spider-Man Universe a continuation of the Amazing Spider-Man Universe imo.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 12/17/2021, 10:12 AM
SOOOO glad that we ended up getting this version of NWH rather than anything else, even a Kraven film.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/17/2021, 10:41 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life -


What did you think of the film👶?



NWH, chucky and Halloween pleased the fanboy in me❤


Come on Matrix❤❤❤!!!!
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 12/17/2021, 10:43 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - it was fantastic. I absolutely loved it. Terrific film, my favorite and the best Spidey film for sure. Not sure where it ranks yet among the MCU films as a whole, but it was so good and I had such a great time. I'm still super giddy with enjoyment and happiness from this movie, cause they pulled it off and really delivered.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/17/2021, 10:45 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life -


I'm still in shock they pulled it off....


Everyone was just A+.


Good god!👀
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 12/17/2021, 10:47 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - preach! And yeah me too, like they perfectly delivered, everything we wanted came true.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 12/17/2021, 11:59 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - VERY glad to hear this as we usually agree on MCU films. I was hesitant they could pull this off but was still excited... now i truly cant effing wait. Seeing IMAX at 945pm tonight. Off the internet the rest of the day for me, haha
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 12/17/2021, 12:02 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - you will LOVE this. It's so amazing. Lmk what you think!
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 12/17/2021, 5:43 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - you know it.. will send u a separate message with what I thought 🤙
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/17/2021, 10:30 AM
I think a Spider-man and his Amazing Friends treatment for the college years could be interesting. I figure if Sony still wants him to team up with someone this would be a cool route. I wouldn’t mind it happening at the midway of the new trilogy. I would like to see him go it alone for a movie or two though ideally.

Peter gets the GED and gets into Empire University. The other two are students there of course.
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