Aaron Taylor-Johnson Is Marvel's Kraven The Hunter

20 JUNE, 2023

Ayaan Paul Chowdhury

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Sony's latest collaboration with Marvel Studios is its upcoming Spider-Man project is Kraven the Hunter starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson previously played Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver in the MCU.

"You didn't see that coming"

The film centers around Sergei Kravinoff, a Russian big game hunter in Marvel comics, whose mission is to capture Spider-Man.

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Unlike Venom and Morbius, Kraven the Hunter will be rated R, making it the first R-rated Marvel film at Sony.

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Kraven the Hunter has had a longer journey to the screen since its conception and will finally be released in October, after multiple reschulings.

a long journey

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The film will be an origin story, transforming the character into more of an antihero.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson described the movie as grounded in the real world and confirmed it will feature graphic violence and gore.

bloodfest for fans

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Directed by JC Chandor and written by Richard Wenk, Matt Holloway, and Art Marcum, the movie explores Sergei Kravinoff's backstory and his battle against the evil his father represents.

the team behind the film

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Russell Crowe portrays Kravinoff's father, and Christopher Abbott plays an antagonist called The Foreigner.

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Alessandro Nivola portrays a new version of The Rhino, and Ariana DeBose is cast as a character named Calypso.

supporting cast

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The trailer for Kraven the Hunter received mixed reactions from fans, with some feeling unimpressed after the abomination that was Morbius.

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Kraven The Hunter will appear in both his own solo movie & Insomniac’s SPIDER-MAN 2 on PlayStation in October.

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