Kraven the Hunter, originally scheduled for August 2024, the film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the iconic Spider-Man villain, has been pushed back to December 13, 2024. This prime holiday slot positions it as an R-rated option for year-end moviegoers. To accommodate Kraven’s new release date, the new “Karate Kid” film starring Ben Wang and returning franchise veterans Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio has been rescheduled for May 30, 2025. This follows the Netflix premiere of “Cobra Kai’s” final season.
What’s the Kraven the Hunter plot?
At Sony Pictures’ 2023 CinemaCon presentation, fans saw the first glimpse of the upcoming film. This footage verified earlier casting announcements, provided additional plot details, and confirmed the film’s R-rating—a departure from previous SSU properties.
We believed that Kraven the Hunter would follow in the footsteps of Venom and Morbius as an origin story, and the latest teaser confirms this.”Villains aren’t born” is the tagline for the film. They’re made,” it says in the synopsis, “Kraven the Hunter tells the emotional tale of the creation of one of Marvel’s most recognizable villains. The R-rated movie features Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the title character, set before his infamous feud with Spider-Man.”
While the trailer depicts Kraven being left for dead by his father for being “weak” during a hunting trip where a lion attacked him, it does not reveal too much about the plot.
Who Stars in ‘Kraven the Hunter’?
After seeing early footage of Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s part in the 2022 action-comedy Bullet Train, the producers were so impressed that they cast him. It was revealed in March 2022 that Ariana DeBose would be playing Calypso. In the comics, Calypso works for a voodoo priestess who makes magic potions and is also in love with Kraven. It was confirmed that Alessandro Nivola will portray the legendary Spider-Man nemesis, the Rhino, in the film. Christopher Abbott will portray the other antagonist, while in February 2022, Fred Hechinger—Kraven’s half-brother—joined the cast of Kraven the Hunter as Dmitri Smerdyakov, a.k.a. Chameleon. Finally, Kraven has a complex connection with his father, who Russell Crowe will portray.
The decision to postpone Kraven The Hunter until December 2024 has not been formally explained, although it is noteworthy that this action coincides with other scheduling adjustments made by Sony. Kraven The Hunter’s overall timeline is looking good since it implies that this delay is not a reflection of the film’s quality or production problems but rather a component of a larger cinematic strategy.
