‘Kraven the Hunter’ Director & Star Reveal ‘Kraven’s Last Hunt’ Inspired the Film, They Urge Fans To Come & See It

‘Kraven the Hunter’ will be released this year as part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. After the disappointing performance of ‘Madame Web,’ expectations for this film aren’t very high.

The movie will focus on one of Spider-Man’s most famous villains, Kraven the Hunter. While the full plot is still a mystery, there are hints that the movie was inspired by ‘Kraven’s Last Hunt‘ – one of the most popular storylines tied to the villain.

Fans took these hints as unlikely, considering that SSU lacks one of the most important elements to adapt the story – Spider-Man. Despair not however as J.C. Chandor recently talked to ComicBook and revealed that the storyline did in fact inspire the movie.

Sergei Kravinoff’s origin story will be shown through flashbacks, while in the present day, a fully formed Kraven will be preparing for his “last hunt.” Chandor confirmed that the film aims to build towards this iconic story and a potential Spider-Man crossover.

It’s one of the fun things about signing up for one of these movies is you’re getting to try to take these generations of canon and actually take the best of it for your story and do something fascinating with it.

‘Kraven’s Last Hunt’ was our North Star, basically. So the character that that we created, if everyone comes out and supports the film and we get to keep telling this story, that is where we were heading towards. And the depth and darkness and challenge that comes along with that storytelling … I think if you know that canon, and you give us a chance, you’ll see that we’re trying to build off the spirit of that original document.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson hinted that in ‘Kraven the Hunter,’ the present-day Kraven may be confronting death while possibly hunting Spider-Man. He suggested that the first film will focus on Kraven reflecting on his past and tragic family history, setting up the darker, more intense storyline down the line.

‘Kraven’s Last Hunt’ is a brilliant comic book and a great story — and amazing source material for us to go to the end of this character’s life and then work our way backwards and give you the root, the seed that we plant in this story.

So if you come and watch this movie … There’s twists and turns and the character at the end — if you’re into that and it’s successful — it’s a character I’d love to see go toe-to-toe with some other characters out there, for sure.

Source: ComicBook

The cast of ‘Kraven the Hunter’ includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven, Ariana DeBose as his love interest Calypso, Fred Hechinger as his half-brother Chameleon, Alessandro Nivola as the villainous Rhino, Christopher Abbott as the mercenary Foreigner, and Russell Crowe as Kraven’s ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff.

The movie arrives in theaters worldwide on December 13, 2024. Have something to add? Let us know in the comments below!

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