The director of Kraven the Hunter describes the Marvel film as a tragedy.

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The story of the title character, according to Kraven the Hunter filmmaker J. C. Chandor, is sad. The filmmaker said, “Sony definitely doesn’t want me to lead with this, but the plot is a tragedy. If you’ve been paying attention, you won’t think that everything is going to turn out well when the movie’s closing titles roll. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who plays Chandor and Kraven, is said to have been influenced by the character’s bleak comic book ending, which involves self-inflicted death.

Kraven the Hunter’s production got underway in August 2018 after Sony hired Richard Wenk to pen the screenplay. In March 2019, the studio made the movie’s public announcement. After contributing uncredited rewrites to the 2022 film Morbius, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway joined the project in August 2020 to rewrite the script. Chandor and Taylor-Johnson joined the project in May 2021. Taylor-Johnson has portrayed a comic book character three times, having previously portrayed the titular hero in the Kick-Ass flicks and the Marvel speedster Quicksilver in the 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron.

As the fourth installment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), Kraven the Hunter was initially slated for an October release. Sony, however, announced significant modifications to its release plan in July 2023, delaying the release of the majority of its remaining 2023 film slate until 2024. Along with the unnamed Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel, Kraven the Hunter was one of the projects pushed till next year. Ghostbusters’ postponement until 2024 wasn’t altogether unexpected because performer Ernie Hudson had earlier this year suggested that Sony was thinking at postponing the movie to next spring. Kraven the Hunter will now be the sixth installment in the SSU, with Madame Web replacing the fourth one because it has been delayed until August 2024. Both Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney play the title role in the film Madame Web. Isabela Merced, Emma Roberts, Mike Epps, and Adam Scott are all part of the group; the latter is reportedly playing Uncle Ben. There have been rumours that Madame Web is akin to The Terminator, with the title hero charged with guarding an unborn Peter Parker, while narrative specifics are still being kept a well guarded secret at this time. Venom 3, featuring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock/Venom, will be the sixth SSU movie.