Aaron Taylor-Johnson to play Kraven the Hunter

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Look out, Spidey! The Wrap has reported that Aaron Taylor-Johnson has signed on to play Kraven the Hunter in Sony Pictures' standalone film revolving around the iconic Spider-Man villain. Kraven the Hunter is set to follow in the footsteps of Venom, Morbius, and Venom: Let There Be Carnage as the next chapter of Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters. J.C. Chandor is set to direct Kraven the Hunter from a script by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk, and the film is already slated for a January 13, 2023 release. As is customary with most comic-book movies, the word is that Sony have signed Aaron Taylor-Johnson for multiple films as Kraven.

Born Sergei Kravinoff, Kraven the Hunter is a Russian immigrant whose aristocratic family fled to America following the Russian Revolution. With intensive training and the help of a potion which gave him superhuman abilities, including increased strength, speed, reflexes, and enhanced senses, Kraven became a fearsome big-game hunter who tackled the most dangerous game on the planet, preferably with his bare hands. Kraven is also one of Spider-Man's most famous villains, and, in one of his most memorable comic-book stories, Kraven's Last Hunt, even defeats Spider-Man by seemingly killing him and burying him. Kraven then assumed Spider-Man's identity by donning his own Spidey outfit and set out to prove himself superior at his former adversaries own game.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is no stranger to comic-book movies, as he previously starred in Kick-Ass and appeared as Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron. The actor will next appear in The King's Man on December 22, 2021, and is currently shooting David Leitch's star-studded assassin thriller Bullet Train alongside Brad Pitt, Zazie Beetz, Joey King, Michael Shannon, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, and Sandra Bullock. As far as the future of Sony's Marvel movies goes, we've got Venom: Let There Be Carnage hitting theaters on September 24, 2021, followed by Morbius on January 28, 2022.

What do you folks think? Is Aaron Taylor-Johnson a good fit for Kraven the Hunter?