Last week, I covered some photos from the premiere of Kraven the Hunter. I was surprised as everyone else that the film was being premiered this month, because this film was supposed to come out nearly two years ago.
Kraven supplanted Madame Web to rank as the worst start ever for a Sony-produced Marvel comic book movie the studio has rights to the Spider-Man universe , and one of the worst for any pic based on a Marvel character, not adjusted for inflation. Reviewers ravaged the film, while audiences slapped it with a C CinemaScore. Its release date was also pushed several times. Kraven is more bad news for Sony following Madame Web as it tries to mine the hundreds of Spider-Man-related characters it has the rights to.
Sony insiders have marketed the film as an R-rated action pic akin to such titles as John Wick, versus a comic book movie. The comparison to Madame Web is so interesting — both Madame Web and Kraven were part of the interconnected Spider-Man universe, both films made by Sony, both films had screwy marketing campaigns, and both films bombed massively at the box office. And yet, Madame Web was seen as the end of woman-led comic-book adaptations.
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