Kraven: Are there plans for a Marvel sequel with Aaron Taylor-Johnson?

Warning – The article below contains spoilers for “Kraven the Hunter” as it discusses its ending. Please continue if you haven’t seen it yet.

There was Venom (three times), Morbius, then Madame Web. Now it’s Kraven’s turn, a newbie in the franchise that Sony has built around Spider-Man adversaries, with films in which Spider-Man is conspicuous by his absence. This is again the case with JC Chandor, which features one of its most powerful foes.

Or Kraven, whose real name is Sergey Kravinov, who is destined to become the greatest hunter of all time, aided by a drug that increases his strength and speed tenfold. No animal can stand up to him, not even the spiders, who think he’s defeated Spider-Man in one of the most iconic comics. “Kraven’s Last Hunt” (1987), followed by the villain’s death.

We are still far from director J. before Si Chandor’s origin story, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, but the director has already admitted that it would be the perfect story for a sequel. If the question ever arises. Spoiler: It’s absolutely not a win.

How does “Kraven” end?

After defeating the Rhino (Alessandro Nivola) and the Stranger (Christopher Abbott), without us understanding how his powers work, Kraven decides to settle scores with his father (Russell Crowe). More literally than on a psychoanalytic level, as he wakes her up in the middle of the night, in the middle of a hunt, to offer her a role in a remake of The Revenant where the main character doesn’t survive the attack. bear

But it’s not over. Back in London, he finds that his half-brother Dimitri (Fred Hechinger), a would-be chameleon, has taken his vocal impersonation talents a little further as he now follows in their father’s footsteps and takes over his empire. Worse: Encounters with an experimental doctor (probably the same as Rhino) now offer him the ability to take on the appearance of anyone, leading Kraven as he discovers to his horror in the penultimate scene.

We then find the hunter at his father’s house, who has left him a small souvenir: a sleeveless coat made from the fur of Krall, the giant lion he encountered as a child. After dressing her, she sits on a chair and strikes one of the character’s most iconic poses in comics.

Are there plans to continue “Kraven”?

Not at the moment. And the feature’s difficult start at the US box office (only $11 million in its opening weekend, compared to 15.3 for Madame Web ) is likely to make its future in cinema even more hypothetical.

Not only for Kraven, because from December 10, TheWrap Announces that Sony will stop producing such films in favor of projects “More directly related to Spider-Man”. Like the fourth part of the Tom Holland saga, which is expected in theaters in July 2026, or Beyond the Spider-Verse, which should not be released until 2025 according to the latest news.

The reality is going to be a little more complicated and murky than that, as there will be the issue of the rights to the Spider-Man catalog, as they will automatically revert to Disney unless Sony produces a certain number of films. given period. Meanwhile, there’s one sign that’s unmistakable: the absence of a post-credits scene that teases a sequel and nothing more than a fratricidal battle.

Will we see Kraven in the movies again?

It is not impossible. Like Aaron Taylor-Johnson or another actor. When Spider-Man found himself dying for Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) in the series Far From Home, many thought Kraven would be the perfect antagonist to endure his fugitive status. True, because this is an option that was considered before the sirens of the multiverse lured production.

While rumors of a meeting between Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and Tom Hardy’s Venom regularly surface, a fourth Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven, can also be considered, and a silhouette of the Huntsman can be seen in the finale of No. the way home But we’ll have to wait to find out more about this new opus, which could tie in with Avengers Doomsday, which is set to be released a few months earlier.

Which seems pretty certain to date that there’s a better chance of seeing Kraven in Spider-Man 4 than in the sequel, which hits theaters on December 18th.