Well, it was bad while it lasted.
Sony’s $110M “Kraven the Hunter” is set to be the final movie in Sony’s misbegotten Spider-Man antihero franchise of films, which included ‘Kraven,’ ‘Venom,’ “Morbius,” and “Madame Web” (via The Wrap).
The apparent end of Sony’s Marvel spinoff franchise represents one of Hollywood’s most ambitious – and costly – attempts to build a shared cinematic universe without its central character […] Sony’s solo efforts to mine Spidey’s rogues gallery have proved to be a costly catastrophe: The studio has burned through more than $465 million in production costs while audience interest plummeted with each release.
“The biggest issue with the Sony Spider-Man spinoffs seems to be the lack of quality control. The movies just aren’t good,” a Sony insider told The Wrap.
According to a second Sony insider, the studio will now focus exclusively on Tom Holland’s highly anticipated fourth “Spider-Man” film, the “Spider-Verse” animated movies, and a “Spider-Noir” television series featuring Nicolas Cage.
Does Sony expect the worse from ‘Kraven the Hunter’? It’s set to be released on Friday with barely any positive word of mouth behind it.
This latest news comes just a day after ‘Kraven’ director J.C. Chandor mentioned an urge to direct a sequel to his movie, which is projected to have a tepid $20M opening this weekend. It’s time to close the books on not just ‘Kraven,’ but the entire universe.