Sony's Marvel Universe Coming To A Soft Close
Sony Pictures’ Kraven the Hunter (2024) may be the last of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe films for a while. An unnamed leading talent agent spoke to The Wrap, stating that Sony “developed what they want to develop for now,” and that “it’s really about the next Spider-Man film.” There are several films held in various stages of development from Sony; the untitled fourth installment of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and the next Spider-Verse installment have the most concrete future. The television series Spider-Noir appears to have a future at this time. The titular character’s connection to the highly successful animated Spider-Verse films, on top of being a variant of the webslinger, provides a solid foundation of interest from fans.
Kraven the Hunter will reportedly be playing at 3.2K theaters, a lower number than other Sony Spider-Man films. According to Variety, its opening revenue numbers are projected to be between $13 million and $15 million; for comparison, Madame Web (2024) made about $15.3 million over the normal weekend and is considered to be the worst-performing of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe films.
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Kraven the Hunter will hit theaters on December 13, 2024. It follows the titular character as he proves himself to be the best hunter in the world, the relationship with his father taking “him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences.” The cast includes MCU alum Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kraven, Russell Crowe as Nikolai Kravinoff, Ariana DeBose as Calypso, and Fred Hechinger as Dmitri Smerdyakov. J.C. Chandor serves as the film’s director, and Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk are the writers.
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