Fresh Kraven The Hunter trailer begs the question: Didn’t this come out already?

More than one year since its first trailer descended onto the internet, teasing young Marvel fans with another jaunt in Sony’s tangled franchise, Kraven The Hunter has yet to show its teeth. Buried under the various delays due to last year’s strikes, the film moved to August 2024. Then, it moved to December 13, 2024, where it now resides. Now, entering theaters in a post-Madame Web superhero landscape to audiences scratching their head wondering if they’ve seen this one already.

Kraven (as portrayed by Aaron Taylor Johnson) will have to work overtime to convince audiences about this latest installment in Sony’s cinematic universe of Spider-Man villains. Johnson stars as Kraven the Hunter, the son of a Russian mobster and big game hunter played by Russell Crowe. After being attacked by lions and left for dead by his father, Kraven’s blood mixes with the lion’s, and Kraven transforms into a super-powered defender of wildlife who bites noses clean off the face. That’s something we like to think we’d remember, but something about this movie just screams “2023 superhero tentpole release.” For what it’s worth, the movie nabbed an R-rating, which worked well for Deadpool & Wolverine. So maybe a couple of “fucks,” “shits,” “buttholes” and a heaping portion of gore can break this bizarre bout with Mandela Effect.