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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Goes from Quicksilver to Kraven the Hunter in Sony Film

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Kraven the Hunter

Sony has announced that Aaron Taylor-Johnson has nabbed the lead role in Kraven the Hunter. The character is a Spider-Man villain and the film is part of Sony’s plan to expand their corner of the Marvel film universe. The first step beyond the Spider-Man films was Venom which blew away the box office and is getting a sequel later this year. Numerous other films have been announced or are rumored to be in the works. Kraven the Hunter is set to be released on January 13, 2023.

J.C. Chandor is directing the film with a screenplay by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk.

This is the fourth comic film franchise for Aaron Taylor-Johnson to be a part of. He starred as Dave Lizewksi/Kick-Ass in the film Kick-Ass which spawned video games and a sequel. He then went on to play Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron. He will also play Lee Unwin in The King’s Man, the latest entry in the film franchise based on the comic series The Secret Service which has released two previous films.

Kraven the Hunter was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #15. The character is usually depicted as a big-game hunter who constantly wants to prove himself to be the world’s greatest hunter. He has been a villain clashing with Spider-Man, Black Panther, and more and is a founding member of the supervillain team, the Sinister Six. But, he’s also at times been a hero allying with Squirrel Girl and even Spider-Man.

Morbius Gets Its First Trailer and Creates a Lot of Questions

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There’s high anticipation for Morbius, the first “Spider-Man Universe” film from Sony after the release of Venom. A picture of Spider-Man can be seen on a wall in one scene in the trailer, though it’s a screenshot of the “Raimi Suit” from the Playstation 4 video game.

Jared Leto plays the lead Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.

The most intriguing part of the trailer is the surprise appearance by Michael Keaton at the end. Keaton played the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming. At the end of the film he’s in jail and wearing a white suit that’s very similar to this tease. It’s unknown what his role will be in this film or if he’s playing the Vulture again. That latter bit would make Morbius part of the MCU. It’s also a fun wink to Batman and Joker, which Keaton and Leto played in different films.

Morbius stars Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson.

The film is directed by Daniel Espinosa from a story by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, and screenplay by Sazama, Sharpless, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway.

Morbius was created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane and debuted in 1971 in The Amazing Spider-Man #101.

Morbius comes to theaters July 31, 2020.