Kraven the Hunter was the ultimate nail within the coffin for Sony’s mistitled Spider-Man Shared Universe (SSU). It was a field workplace and demanding disappointment, performing worse than the low bar beforehand set by Morbius and Madame Internet, incomes much less on the field workplace than both movie. The Aaron Taylor-Johnson-led film turned the Spider-Man villain into one other anti-hero, and as a substitute of pitting him in opposition to the webhead, the film opted for a lackluster showdown with The Rhino and The Foreigner. It seems at one level {that a} extra thrilling Kraven the Hunter mission was teased, one that may have tied the shared universe with the Venom
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Idea artist Jules Darriulat shared some work he did on Kraven the Hunter for a deliberate sequence that may have featured symbiotes. Darriulat, who works for the Framestore artwork division, wrote within the caption, “Here is an surroundings shot that was finished for a canceled sequence from Kraven. It was plenty of enjoyable engaged on this sequence with the Framestore’s artwork division workforce!” The picture (see beneath) options an alien planet with a pile of lifeless symbiotes, characters not proven in Kraven the Hunter however featured prominently within the Venom films.
Durriulat doesn’t state the sequence’s intent or if this was finished early within the movie’s improvement course of when the story was nonetheless being labored on. An idea artist generally begins work on a film even earlier than a script is completed, or a director showcases what the movie may very well be. Loads of idea artwork for Deadpool & Wolverine featured characters like Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider or Ben Affleck’s Daredevil and even a dinosaur Deadpool that weren’t within the movie and finished simply as potential concepts. It’s unclear if that is from an early idea for Kraven the Hunter that may have pitted him in opposition to Venom or if this was finished as idea artwork for a sequence to arrange a crossover between the frachises.
Was ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Speculated to Set Up Sony’s Massive Crossover Occasion?
With the artwork showcasing a pile of lifeless symbiotes, followers may assume Kraven was going to combat an invading drive of symbiotes on Earth and draw from the 1995 comedian storyline “Planet of the Symbiotes,” which noticed an tried invasion of Earth by the parasitic species. Whereas that idea actually sounds extra thrilling than the Kraven the Hunter film that audiences received, the truth that it sounds so promising is an effective signal that it probably was by no means Sony’s plan. As a substitute, it seems to be early idea artwork for Klyntar, the planet holding the cosmic terror Knull, who was seen in Venom: The Final Dance.
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Kraven the Hunter was initially imagined to hit theaters earlier than Venom: The Final Dance. With Kraven the Hunter having no post-credit scene, there’s a likelihood that the unique plan was to tease Knull within the post-credit scene. In April 2024, Kraven the Hunter was delayed till December 2024 and can be launched after Venom: The Final Dance, so the tease for Knull would have been redundant. By November 2024, Sony Photos revealed that their present run of films is over for now, which is a disgrace as a result of Venom vs. Kraven the Hunter is an thrilling pitch that’s now simply one other missed alternative within the troubled franchise.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson
, Russell Crowe
, Fred Hechinger
, Ariana DeBose
, Christopher Abbott
, Alessandro Nivola
, Levi Miller
, Chi Lewis-Parry
, Billy Barratt
, Jessica Zhou
, Michael Shaeffer
, Dritan Kastrati
, Greg Kolpakchi
, Elander Moore
, Filiz Fairweather
, Duran Fulton Brown
, Alex Skarbek
, Rachel Handshaw
, Preslav Shipkaliev
, Murat Seven
, Robert Ryan