Kraven the Hunter director asks audiences to "give us a chance" to "wash away some of the other stuff that's happened" in the Sony Marvel universe

Nov. 25, 2024

Kraven the Hunter director wants a chance

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Kraven the Hunter director J.C. Chandor is asking audiences to give theSonyMarvel movie a chance, despite the mixed bag of releases so far.

The Kraven movie follows on the heels of Madame Web andVenom: The Last Dance– while Venom 3 has been a hit at the box office, Madame Web was not well received by audiences or critics.

“I don’t want to get too into the nitty gritty of it, but here’s what I would say: for me as a filmmaker, my number one goal, especially, quite frankly, over the last couple of years where you guys are deep in this world … some of the fans out there, a lot of the fans, were upset with certain decisions and certain outcomes [of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe],” Chandor toldComicBook. “Then with other films, they’ve gone on to be tremendous successes. So there’s been a mixed success rate. People have got to give us a chance and come out and support this film, and literally try to wash away some of the other stuff that’s happened. Give our film a chance.”

He added: “And I think they’ll realize that we’ve done everything we can to give them a pretty fun story. You’ll see when the movie’s over, there’s potential for a lot of things to happen. But my goal was to isolate our movie, protect it, and just tell a good damn story. And then we’ll have opportunities to do a lot of fun things.”

The Sony Marvel-verse has certainly been hit and miss, with the Venom trilogy firmly a fan favorite and the Spider-Verse films garnering critical and commercial success, but movies like Morbius and Madame Web floundering. It remains to be seen if Kraven the Hunter can prove a hit with audiences or critics.

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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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