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KRAVEN THE HUNTER Trailer Features Kraven, Calypso, Chameleon And Rhino

By Michelle McCue | June 20, 2023

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. Directed by J.C. Chandor, best known for writing and directing the films Margin Call, All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year, Triple Frontier, here’s a first look at the brand new trailer starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe.

Check out the trailer for the R-rated film.

The film has been in development since Summer 2018.

Sony has been setting up a SINISTER SIX movie since THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2. At the end of 2014’s sequel starring Andrew Garfield, the film teases the appearance of the Sinister Six. The Sinister Six was to include two characters that already appeared: the Green Goblin and the Rhino, and four new additions: Doctor Octopus, Kraven the Hunter, Vulture, and Mysterio.

According to MARVEL, in the comics, after consistently being defeated by Spider-Man, he joins with a pseudo family of Super Villains, the Sinister Six, led by Dr. Otto Octavius, AKA Doctor Octopus. The team includes William Baker, AKA Sandman, Adrian Toomes, AKA Vulture, Maxwell Dillon, AKA Electro, and Quentin Beck, AKA Mysterio.

https://www.marvel.com/characters/kraven-the-hunter-sergei-kravinoff/in-comics

Comicbook.com says: Sony Pictures was eyeing the character to be the next chapter in its shared Spider-Man universe (without Spider-Man). There have been three films released in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe thus far, with Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage holding the strongest connective tissue. 2022’s Morbius featured Jared Leto’s titular character making a brief reference to the symbiote.

https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/6698/the_amazing_spider-man_1963_294

News broke during the summer of 2019 that Kraven the Hunter would be getting his own film in Sony’s universe of Spider-Man spinoffs, with The Equalizer writer Richard Wenk attached to pen the script. “The writer recently confirmed initial details about the film, which includes a direct encounter with Spider-Man as well as influences from the seminal storyline “Kraven’s Last Hunt.”

https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/kraven-the-hunter-movie-spider-man-last-hunt/

Plus the story will also include Ariana DeBose as Calypso, Alessandro Nivola as Rhino, Fred Hechinger as Dmitri Smerdyakov / Chameleon, and Christopher Abbott as Foreigner.

As Deadline reported in March 2022: As for the character Abbott will be playing, fans are sure to be excited as The Foreigner played a major part in the Spider-Man comics over the years. While he had no superhuman abilities, the mercenary/assassin is one of the more trained martial artists in all of Marvel comics. While he had rare run-ins with Kraven, he would cross paths with everyone from Spidey himself to Silver Sable (who he would later marry) to Kraven’s brother, the Chameleon. Clearly, Abbott’s appearance in this film is likely just the start of his presence in the universe going forward.