It’s common knowledge that Sony’s run of non-MCU Marvel movies has been rocky at best. There have been some big box office hits and some major flops. Meanwhile the quality of the films has been mostly disappointing leaving people wondering what to expect from their upcoming offerings. Chief among them is “Kraven the Hunter”. After a series of strategic reshoots, the film was pushed to December. Now we have a new trailer and director J. C. Chandor says his movie is going to surprise a lot of people.
This R-rated Spider-Man spinoff sees Aaron Taylor-Johnson playing Sergei Kravinoff, aka Kraven. His complicated relationship with his father, Nikolai Kravinoff (played by Russell Crowe) puts him on a violent and bloody path to becoming on of Spider-Man’s most noteworthy adversaries. The movie also features Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, and Fred Hechinger. The trailer looks fittingly brutal and Taylor-Johnson definitely has the grit for this kind of role. Hopefully it delivers.
“Kraven the Hunter” is set to release December 13th. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.
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MAybe……
I gonna be optimistic. It looks pretty ferocious (in a good way).
I do love the brutality and its look. I just hope it’s not another dud as I hope J.C. Chandor got some creative control for this film. I hate the fact that it’s been delayed a bunch of time as I had to move my planned Auteurs piece on him a bunch of times as it will be written next year though I have very low expectations for this film.
Deep down my expectations are pretty tempered as well. But I’m holding out hope. Plus Russell Crowe!
Yes, I’ll see it, at home. Had to double-check the actor to see if he was the guy who played Rollo in Vikings. He’s not.
Nope. Different actor. But definitely fitting for this role.
Nice post. This movie might be for the comic book collectors only.
i don’t collect comics but was interested because of the title and premise. Then I saw the trailer and was let down. Its too gory. But again this is based on a comic so that might explain it.
am thinking there are only a few exceptions to high levels of violence in superhero movies. Blade would be an example because of the vampire premise.
I completely understand what you’re saying. In a way this violence fits the character. That said, the comics almost always portrayed him without being gory or excessive. So this definitely feels like a deliberate choice for the film.
thank you for understanding, wasn’t sure if the comment came across in a good way. the level of violence in this movie is an interesting deliberate choice. this seems closer to Tarzan in spirit. maybe a PG version could succeed at the box office. but to each his own.
It’s hard to say what movies will do at the box office these days. Take something like Deadpool & Wolverine (I movie I didn’t like). I takes violence and profanity and uses them as a crutch. Yet it has already made over $1 billion.