Spider-Man is one of the characters that brings more dividends to Sony’s coffers, so it should not surprise us that they want to exploit it to its ultimate consequences. With a whole universe of their own, full of heroes, villains and unlikely allies, they have a lifetime of movies and video games if they want to do so without always having to resort to the lovable neighbor who got bitten by a spider. They can also turn to some of the other important characters in their stories, such as Kraven the Hunter, the villain in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, this movie will tell the story of Kraven’s origins before meeting Spider-Man. With the highest possible age rating, this promises us high doses of violence, something that is confirmed by a fast-paced trailer, bordering on gore in some particular scenes, where we are presented with a Kraven like we have never seen before.
A trailer that divides fans
This has left many people dissatisfied with the approach to the character. Fans of the comic were expecting an adaptation of the highly celebrated comic Kraven’s Last Hunt, where Kraven usurps Spider-Man’s identity after burying him alive in one of the most mythical stories of both characters. This discontent is not helped by the fact that this is an origin story that also seems to change who the character is. Gaining powers thanks to an encounter with a lion, presumably radioactive, this differs greatly from the character in the comics, who is simply a man of enormous hunting skills and professional ethics beyond any doubt. Something that has got some of the fandom up in arms.
That doesn’t detract from the fact that the trailer stands on its own as an interesting reinterpretation of the character concept. Closer to a modern supervillain, with a more stylized and thuggish Kraven, it seeks to create a more contemporary idea of this iconic villain.
Spider-Man is important to Sony
Sony’s reasons for making this kind of move are clear. Even after the Morbius crash, both the Spider-Man video games and the Spider-Man movies are still doing very well. And if they don’t use the license, it would return to the hands of Marvel. Something they don’t want under any circumstances at Sony, which is why, to avoid saturating the market with Spider-Man titles, they make these kinds of spin-off productions, associated with the character in a roundabout way, to maintain the rights to the character without burning the brand in the process.
That’s why, whether fans and detractors like it or not, Kraven The Hunter is a logical move for Sony. Whether this trailer will materialize into a great movie, like Spider-Man: Crossing the Multiverse, a good-looking movie, like Venom, or an unmitigated disaster, like Morbius, is something we won’t know until its release on October 6. What is clear is that, as long as it continues to generate profits for Sony, they don’t plan to let go of a brand as prolific as Spider-Man.
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