JC Chandor, the director of Triple Frontier en Everything is lost, is in talks to direct Kraven de Jager, Sony’s live-action movie centered on the infamous Spider-Man villain from Marvel Comics. The film has been in development for years, and Richard Wenk (The equalizer) wrote the play. Chandor’s previous filmography makes him an early choice to tackle a large budget project like this.
Deadline reports that Chandor is “the choice” to direct Kraven de Jager, a film about Sergei Kravinoff, who, in the comic strip, is an overly enthusiastic big game hunter who somehow gets the point that recording Spider-Man proves that he’s the greatest hunter in ‘ the world is. He often uses a serum that gives him super power comparable to Spider-Man’s. Kraven prefers not to use guns, instead relying on his brute strength, stealth and other tactics to hunt his prey.
Chandor’s first feature was the 2011 financial drama Margin call, and he followed that up with May 2013s Everything is lost, which recorded Robert Redford as a man alone at sea after a storm wrecked his ship. In 2014, Chandor made A most violent year, an under-seen period thriller starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac, and then last year he directed Triple Frontier, an action ensemble film about a gang of monsters who work their way through an unknown territory to a heist.
None of those movies look like obvious auditions for a Sony / Marvel movie. I guess Triple Frontier, with its jungle setting, is the closest thing to that list; maybe Kraven spends most of his time in the jungle in this story? But then this solo film has to be heavily inspired by the comic strip “Kraven’s Last Hunt”, and Wenk revealed earlier that Kraven will be coming face to face with Spider-Man. So I think the question is: is Spidey in the jungle, or is Kraven going to NYC? It will be too Tom Hollandthe version of Spidey? Venom did not include a crossover with Holland’s friendly neighbors webslinger, so Sony is clearly OK with the idea of immersing itself completely and not relying on more recognizable heroic characters in any case. Matt Tolmach en Avi Arad, which produced The great spider man films, produce this film.
In terms of live action Marvel movies, Sony has too Morbius, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Madame Web, en Jackpot films in the works, as well as the Olivia Wilde-directed Spider-Woman project we wrote about this morning.
Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that Amy Pascal was on board as a producer. We got that from Deadline, who got the information wrong in their initial report. As is their custom, they have quietly updated their article to reflect the change in producers without letting readers know about the update. Our article has also been updated, and you can always count on us to be transparent about our updates and corrections.
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