I think we all saw this coming, but it's nice to have it all out in the open, I'd say. Moments ago, Deadline unleashed a report stating that Sony is looking to give the classic Spider-Man villain, Kraven the Hunter, his very own film. The outlet also says that Sony is eyeing J.C. Chandor (TRIPLE FRONTIER, A MOST VIOLENT YEAR) to direct. Meanwhile, Matt Tolmach and Avi Arad are set to produce. Sony has yet to comment on what we've just learned, though I'm sure that an official statement will emerge in due time.
Born Sergei Kravinoff, Kraven the Hunter is a Russian immigrant whose aristocratic family fled to America following the Russian Revolutions. With intensive training and the help of a potion that 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.
I don't know about you, but it's getting hard to keep track of all the Spider-Man-related films that Sony has lined up. VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE and MOBIUS have both been postponed until 2021, S.J. Clarkson's untitled Madame Web film is still in development, and Marc Guggenheim has been tapped to write a movie based on Marvel's crime-fighting superheroine and mom, Jackpot. That's a lot of characters caught up in Spider-Man's web.
Man, after this pandemic is over it's going to be all superheroes all the time, isn't it? I think I can handle that. Hell, I'm looking forward to it. Give me all the superhero movies, please! The good ones, the cringe-worthy ones. I'll happily watch them all with child-like wonder and the squinted, judgemental eyes of a hardcore comic book fan. Bring it on!