Sony’s ‘Kraven the Hunter’ release is delayed until December

(28 Apr 2024)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
London - 22 April 2024
1. Aaron Taylor-Johnson at premiere
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Taylor-Johnson, actor
"Yeah, well, it's always, a big show when it comes to a David Leitch movie. You know, it's a lot of entertainment, a lot of laughs, and yeah, it's a feel-good movie that won't disappoint. You know, you've got Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt who, I mean, they're like a comedy duo. It's like gold, honestly. It's great to see."
3. Aaron Taylor-Johnson at premiere
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Taylor-Johnson, actor - on if he'll play James Bond:
Reporter: "You sick of being asked about Bond?"
Taylor-Johnson: "You sick of asking the question?"
Reporter: "I want to know. So. No."
Taylor-Johnson: "Have a good one."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles - 1 August 2022
5. Medium shot; pull-out Aaron Taylor-Johnson poses for photographers at "Bullet Train" premiere
STORYLINE:
The summer movie season may kick off next weekend, but the release calendar is still a work in progress. The latest movie to shift spots is Sony’s comic book film “Kraven the Hunter,” starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the Spider-Man villain, which will now open in December instead of on Labor Day weekend.
The studio announced the move late Friday, leaving Disney and Marvel’s “ Deadpool & Wolverine ” as the only major superhero release of the summer. It's due out July 26.
The J.C. Chandor-directed origin story, which will be rated R. The cast also includes Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola and Russell Crowe. Its one of several Sony Spider-Man spinoffs, including “Venom” and “Madame Web.”
The new theatrical release date for “Kraven the Hunter” is Dec. 13, putting it up against the animated “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”
The studio had previously scheduled its new “Karate Kid” film - with Ralph Maccio and Jackie Chan - to open on that date, but pushed it back to May 2025. The film is scheduled to follow the sixth and final season of “Cobra Kai,” which was delayed by Hollywood strikes.
Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian predicted previously that this summer's box office would come up short of 2023's $4 billion summer. The loss of a major wide release doesn’t help the forecast. Sony did add its Blumhouse horror story “They Listen," with John Cho, Katherine Waterston, to the Labor Day weekend spot as a replacement for “Kraven the Hunter."
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