Again within the day, we had Barbenheimer, a mash up on the films between Greta Gerwig’s hysterical satire Barbie, and Christopher Nolan’s meticulous historic drama Oppenheimer. The craze had numerous viewers members exhibiting up wearing pink, and with old school hats. It was all good enjoyable. Hollywood tried to copy the advertising and marketing gimmick this yr with Glicked, encouraging moviegoers to plunk down the money to see Gladiator 2 and the musical Depraved, although this day out, one half of the equation did a lot better than the opposite. Now, as we glance to the upcoming 2024 films that may shut out the yr, Aaron Taylor-Johnson finds himself showing in two films which are competing for consideration on the field workplace. So, would possibly I recommend a weekend crammed with Krav-feratu?
The extra mainstream film that’s opening in theaters is the standalone Spider-Verse stay motion villain film Kraven the Hunter, which casts Aaron Taylor-Johnson within the lead. Critics don’t like it. However critics haven’t favored many of the films that Sony is doing in this non-Spidey universe, so perhaps followers will flock to the theaters. Throughout a latest press day, I requested Taylor-Johnson if followers must also go see the actor’s vampire thriller Nosferatu whereas they’re trying out the most recent Marvel-adjacent film. And he obtained chuckle out of that idea, telling CinemaBlend:
I imply, these two characters are to date totally different, that I performed. It was fairly humorous, as a result of (Kraven director) J.C. (Chandor) simply goes, ‘I am unable to consider that you’re that man, after which I’ve simply seen you be this man!’ In order that’s an attention-grabbing one for everyone. Kraven is… I am tremendous pleased with this one. And I am actually excited to share it with the world. We spent three years placing this character collectively. J.C. is an excellent director. He is made it type of gritty, earthy, and grounded. It’s a gangster story, with Russell Crow being simply the perfect I’ve seen him in ages. … In the event you love motion, that is going to be an entertaining, nice, standalone film.
As for Nosferatu, it’s, as Aaron Taylor-Johnson says, fairly totally different. In that movie, we see a younger lady (Lily Rose-Depp) fighting an ethereal obsession she has with a darkish drive calling to her from the opposite aspect of the globe. The draw comes from the depraved Depend Orlok (Invoice Skarsgard), and Taylor-Johnson is a person caught up within the lunacy. He’s not combating a Rhino. That’s reserved for the Spider-Man universe. However issues positively do get bizarre within the vampire story that director Robert Eggers has cooked up.
There are rumors that Kraven the Hunter could be the final of the Spider-Man villains films that Sony finally ends up making, with the studio turning its consideration to Tom Holland’s Spider-Man 4, and hopefully extra films that really contain everybody’s favourite web-slinger. As a result of to me, as somebody who wrote a complete e book on the historical past of the Spider-Man movie franchise, I’ll by no means fairly perceive why we have now three Venom films, a Kraven film, a Morbius film, a Madame Internet film, and NONE of them embrace Spider-Man. Loopy.
Kraven the Hunter is in theaters now. Nosferatu opens on Christmas Day, if you’re planning the Krav-feratu double characteristic. Take pleasure in!