CinemaCon is again taking place in the US – a major trade fair primarily for cinema operators, where many film distributors present their upcoming programs, make announcements and, above all, show many trailers for the first time. On the night of today, April 25, 2023, the fair opened with the presentation of Sony – and the presentation of the Marvel comic book movie “Kraven The Hunter” caused a sensation.
The Sony comics universe associated with the MCU was confirmed to cover titles such as “Venom” and “Morbius”. “Kraven The Hunter” will be the first film in this series to be rated R for US adults. According to the unanimous reports of the American journalists present at the fair, the trailer material shown makes it more than clear that this appreciation is justified. No major Marvel production has been this brutal and gory.
Kraven kills with everything he owns
Played by ‘Kick-Ass’ and ‘Bullet Train’ star Aaron Taylor Johnson, in the Marvel Comics Kraven is a big game hunter who sometimes uses his bare hands to take down his prey. In the film version, however, he himself hunts poachers who do not hunt with honor. In the fragments that can be seen at the CinemaCon, you can see how he incites an entire platoon. He used everything at his disposal to brutally kill them.
You can see him using traps, killing with his bare hands, as well as using weapons such as a spear. He is supposed to decapitate bad guys and cut them in half – all in a very gory fashion with lots of gory effects. The “climax” is a moment when he bites off a poacher’s nose and then spits the blood full into the camera.
“Kraven The Hunter”: Aaron Taylor-Johnson vs. Russell Crowe, Rhino & more
It is said that no major conclusions can be drawn about the story from the material now showing at CinemaCon. However, it seems that the main conflict of the protagonist played by Taylor-Johnson is with his own father. This is epitomized by superstar Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). So far, Christopher Abbott and Alessandro Nivola have also been announced as bad guys.
The trailer footage also revealed that comic book villain Rhino is one of Kraven’s adversaries and has a major battle with the title character. However, it probably wasn’t clear who was behind the character previously played by Paul Giamatti in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”. It is therefore quite possible that it is the still unknown role of Nivola.
But interesting for comic book fans: unlike Giamatti’s appearance in the movie “Spider-Man” with Andrew Garfield, this is not a mechanical suit, but rather character really transforms into a giant rhinoceros in battle using an injected serum.
Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) also plays an important role in the action comedy directed by JC Chandor (“Triple Frontier”). As the mysterious Calypso, she is likely closely linked to the others’ superpowers.
When can we see the Kraven The Hunter trailer?
The exciting question with the exclusive footage presentations at a fair like CinemaCon is always: when will the first moving images finally be available to the general public? At least an estimated time was included with “Kraven The Hunter”. A trailer will hit theaters this summer and will be published online at the same time. So we have to be patient a little longer.
“Kraven the hunter‘ is scheduled to hit theaters on October 5, 2023.