Sony’s Last Hope: The Turbulent Journey to Kraven

WEBSITE: Long before the launch of Sony’s latest superhero, Hunter Kravenwas announced, Sony began planning its own cinematic universe, hoping to cash in on the success of contemporary films.

And even before Venom was released in 2018, Sony began planning its own expanded universe with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014. The film stars Felicity Jones as Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat. Lisa Joy was hired to write the script, and a leaked email showed plans to release the film in the second half of 2018. That email also mentioned many other projects that never got made, such as the series Spider-Man 2099, which the email described as a “Captain-America-style franchise.” At the end of the film, Miguel O’Hara will be sent back in time to form a team in the future.

However, some of the movies in the email have already been made, such as the Venom movie that the email shows was planned for 2018. Similarly, the Carnage movie was planned for 2019 and while Carnage was cast in villain in the Venom sequel, 2018’s Venom. : Let There Be Carnage, the email describes a completely different story.

The scrapped Carnage movie was expected to feature a team, like Marvel did with the Avengers. Peter Parker, Venom, Black Cat and Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 will “join forces to bring him to justice,” the email reads, as “a collaboration like no other” will take down Carnage. It’s clear that despite calling this a team like no other, Sony still wants to draw a lot of attention from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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SO WHAT HAPPENED?

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 bombed compared to Sony’s expectations. The film brought in more than 700 million USD at the box office, but poor domestic screening results compared to the previous part, as well as expectations of using the film as the basis for a cinematic universe, caused Sony to pause.

High expectations combined with backlash not only against the film but also leaked emails teasing Sony’s future plans, have caused the multimedia giant to rethink its plans. me. And then Spider-Man joined the MCU in 2015, bringing a huge profit to Sony.

HOWEVER

That means Sony’s cinematic universe will no longer have a major player. This led to a series of rather lackluster films starting with Venom, which performed well at the box office but was poorly received by critics. Similarly, the film’s two sequels also did not do well in the eyes of critics, however this time, they too saw audience interest wane, with the last film in a trilogy that performed the worst of the three at the box office.

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Other films in Sony’s Spider-Verse, including Morbius and Madame Web, have fared even worse. Morbius only grossed $167.5 million at the box office, while Madame Web grossed even less at a little over $100 million. If Kraven the Hunter performs poorly or worse, which BoxOfficePro predicts with an expected domestic cume of $20-25 million in its first three days, Sony may have to rethink their plans again. again.

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KRAVEN

Interestingly, the first movie listed in the said leak is a prequel to the The Amazing Spider-Man 2in which Kraven will hunt Spider-Man under Norman Osborne’s orders. However, this proposed film will still feature Spider-Man as the main character, while the upcoming film will only revolve around the big game hunter.

Hunter Kraven released on December 13 and the director was worried about its performance. JC Chandor said that fans “have to give us a chance and come support this movie, and try to literally wash away some of the other stuff that happened.”

Various media outlets also pointed to the film’s opening credits being released on YouTube as a sign that Sony is trying to drum up interest. However, this is a tactic that Sony has used with many of their previous films.

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Whether or not the film is a success could determine whether or not a Sinister Six movie is planned. Sony has shown the opportunity to bring some of their villains into the MCU to face Spider-Man or vice versa. A Sinister Six movie was also planned in the leaked emails and would be released shortly after the Kraven movie.

If the movie does well, it could lay the groundwork for a future in which Sony’s Spider-Man Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe are connected beyond just post credit scenes.

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