Kraven The Hunter will finally be released in theaters this weekend, and I don’t know if you noticed, but the excitement for the film is almost non-existent.
Director J.C. Chandor knows that the odds are stacked against the movie thanks to Sony’s previously released lackluster Marvel movies. But, regardless, he hopes that audiences and fans will give the movie a shot.
During a recent interview with Screen Rant, he acknowledged the past failings of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.
“I’m not going to fool anyone to think that all of those movies were the success that everyone wanted them to be. And so I’ve been able to watch that process and be a part of it.
“All I can control is I go out and try and make the best movie, cast the best people, create the best action scenes, create the best drama, create the best story that I’m able to do.”
He talked about things he learned from his experience, saying: “We did learn some things for sure about, in a way that play into that, which is like, let’s not try to have this be telling 16 different stories at once, right? Let’s make a really good movie at its core and where that goes will take care of it of itself.”
He continued: “I didn’t to want give away the details of what we got going on, but I think from a structural standpoint, it was about telling a movie that stands by itself that is certainly a Marvel film that has the Rhino and has Foreigner and has Chameleon and has Calypso.
“It is this amazing group of characters that we’ve pulled together that are certainly drawn from all of the lore and all of the canon.”
Chandor added: “I hope people will be really excited about what we’ve done, but in a way, the movie can stand on its own and you can walk into this movie knowing everything about all of that and nothing, and it really will hopefully work for you in both ways.”
He went on to talk about the story for the film and teased that it will set up Kraven The Hunter’s villainous future.
“We have structured this movie as a classic origin story. If you know the Kraven storyline and you take this stuff as seriously as we’ve had and we have, when that last frame of our movie comes up, I think people will be excited that Kraven is teed up in that he will be teed up to go and carry on this journey towards villainy because that is the heart of this character.”
“He doesn’t start the movie off in that place. I think that’s what makes the film really cool actually, is that you get to see that journey, but this is a family saga that if anyone knows, if anyone knows Kraven’s Last Hunt and loves that, that’s a place for Aaron and I, that was a hallmark of why we signed up to do this and we’ve created a character that over time it will make sense that he ends up there.”
Chandor is very proud of the movie that he’s made and it would be great if the film actually ends up exceeding expectations. I’m gonna give it shot!
Kraven the Hunter movie in theaters nationwide on December 13th, 2024.
