Alessandro Nivola, who starred in the Netflix series The Many Saints of Newark, has been cast in the next Marvel film Kraven the Hunter, which will feature Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role. Nivola’s role in the film is still kept under wraps; the only detail teased is that he will portray the antagonist. Ariana DeBose, Russell Crowe, and Fred Hechinger are among the other actors that will appear in the film.
There is no official comment from Sony about Nivola’s casting yet.
Kraven is one of Sony Pictures’ Marvel world characters, and he is one of Marvel’s most renowned and infamous antiheroes. He has battled Venom, Black Panther, and many other villains, as well as being one of Spider-Man’s most notorious and fearsome foes.
Sony is on a roll, with Spider-Man: No Way Home being the most successful blockbuster of 2021, grossing $1.8 billion globally, after Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which earned more than $500 million. In terms of upcoming projects, Morbius, starring Jared Leto, swoop into the United States next month, and the studio also announced Dakota Johnson as the lead in Madame Web.
J.C. Chandor, the director of All is Lost, A Most Violent Year, and Margin Call, is nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Kraven the Hunter. So, depending on how much creative freedom the director is allowed, we might be in for a completely different origin narrative. Art Marcum (Iron Man), Richard Wenk (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back), and Matt Holloway wrote the script (Uncharted).
Kraven the Hunter is set to come out cinemas on 13th January 2023.
