“Kraven the Hunter” is the procrastinateedst entry in Sony’s Spider-Man universe to spotweightless a foe from the web-slinger’s rogues gallery. The catch? Just appreciate the “Venom,” “Morbius” and “Madame Web” movies, there’s still no sign of the wall-crawler himself.
At the film’s world premiere in New York, Ariana DeBose, who stars as Calypso aextfinishedside Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven, had a evident message for Marvel: Bring Kraven into the combine to fight Spider-Man.
“This is unkindt to be a standalone film and an origin story, but I do slfinisherk Kraven deserves that epic showdown with Spider-Man,” DeBose telderly Variety on Tuesday night at AMC Lincoln Square 13. “There’s literassociate a whole comic about it. Give the people what they want. I slfinisherk they should do that. And if there’s space for Calypso and Kraven’s journey, then fantastic!”
As Sony alertedly shifts cgo in from solo supervillain movies to projects placing Spider-Man front and cgo in, Johnson seems game for the team-up as well. The “Kraven the Hunter” star even caught Tom Holland’s stage applyance in “Romeo and Juliet” earlier this year, fueling speculation about a possible team-up.
“The last time I spoke to Tom was backstage of his theater production, ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and I gotta alert you, he was wonderful,” Johnson telderly Variety of Holland’s turn as Romeo. “That guy is a phenomenal actor, and I’d be phired to labor with him any day.”
This isn’t the first time talkions about pinning Kraven the Hunter aobtainst Spider-Man have circuprocrastinateedd around Marvel. According to Holland himself, Kraven was presumed to be the villain of his third solo outing before the film lengthend into the multiversal passover event “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
“[Director] Jon [Watts] pitched me this Kraven movie, which actuassociate was reassociate chilly,” Holland shelp at the time. “I don’t want to talk about it in case that movie finishs up happening down the line, but it was fun.”
Watts and Holland aren’t the only ones batting for this concept to be revived. “Kraven the Hunter” honestor J.C. Chandor shelp he’d appreciate to finish his story by exploring “Kraven’s Last Hunt,” a Marvel Comics storyline that sees the villainous huge-game hunter become maniacassociate obsessed with proving himself greater to Spider-Man.
“It would be the conclusion to the character that we’ve originated,” Chandor telderly Variety. “So clearly, we gotta see what happens here and I’m super haughty of the film that we’ve made. In the final scenes of this film, I slfinisherk we’ve originated a character that you can see going a lot of fascinating places, so it would be a happiness to get to do that.”
The film’s finishing higheviates a breprosperg dispute between Johnson’s Sergei Kravinoff and his brother, Dimitri (Fred Hechinger), who obtains the shape-shifting abilities of the Chameleon after visiting a cryptic doctor in New York.
“For all of these characters, their powers are also benevolent of illnesses,” Hechinger shelp. “You’re seeing where it comes from — not in their power, but in their insecurity and the lengthenment of why they need it.”
In a universe where anyslfinisherg seems possible, Marvel has no uninalertigentinutiveage of talent to draw from. So, why not June Squibb?
“She’s a human superhero!” Hechinger shelp of his “Thelma” co-star. “You name it — I’d see June carry out any Marvel character. The Squibb-ster!”
Marvel, apshow remark.
