Oscar winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, Thor: Love and Thunder) is joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Sony’s Marvel film Kraven the Hunter, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals, Tenet) is playing the lead role in the movie and previously signed a multi-picture deal to portray the Spider-Man villain last year.
The outlet notes that while details are being kept under wraps, many of the main characters are reportedly “said to be Kraven’s family members,” with sources suggesting Crowe could be playing Kraven’s father.
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In Kraven the Hunter, Russian immigrant Sergei Kravinoff (Taylor-Johnson), aka Kraven the Hunter, is on a mission to prove that he is the greatest hunter in the world.
Kraven the Hunter will be directed by Oscar nominee J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, A Most Violent Year, Triple Frontier) from a screenplay by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer films, The Magnificent Seven, The Mechanic), Matt Holloway, and Art Marcum. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are attached to produce the project. The movie is being billed as the next chapter of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU). The film is expected to be released on January 13, 2023.
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Kraven the Hunter, whose real name is Sergei Kravinoff, was first introduced in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #15 back in 1964. As his moniker suggests, he’s a hunter with a superhuman ability to track his prey. More than 20 years later, his definitive story, Kraven’s Last Hunt, became a landmark moment in Spider-Man’s long and increasingly complicated canon.
