From Quicksilver to Kraven.
He’s no stranger to playing the superhero, but what about an iconic Spider-Man villain? Aaron Taylor-Johnson is best known for playing Kickass and Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver. Now, he’s about to take on the role of the pretty iconic Kraven the Hunter, as per Variety.
Kraven the Hunter will get his film in the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters. Venom already has a film under his belt. A second movie is on the way but keeps getting pushed back because of coronavirus. Also, Morbius the Living Vampire has a movie coming too.
Born Sergei Kravinoff sees himself as the best Hunter in the world due to his impressive skills in tracking and hunting. He has gone up against Peter Parker’s iteration of Spider-Man and is also known as being a bit of an anti-hero. A bit like Loki if you want a comparison.
Kraven has never appeared in a live-action project, but there have been nods to him. For example, in the MCU, a sequence in Spider-Man Far From Home, cut but later released as the short Peter’s To-Do List, had a thug in leopard print. He also played a small recurring role in the animated 2017 series, Spider-Man. He hunts Peter and his friend Miles Morales as part of his reality television show.
We’re still unsure how the MCU Spider-Man films will link to the Sony Pictures Spider-Man universe, if at all. Tom Holland has said that the upcoming Spider-Man No Way Home is his last MCU film on contract. However, he did say that if they wanted him to return as the webhead, he would be happy to do so.
Currently, we don’t have any information about what the Kraven the Hunter film will entail. It might be a while until we know more about it.
