Sony is trying its best to rub off the toxic buzz behind “Kraven the Hunter.” They’re trying to tell us that it’s actually a good film. It’s come to the point where they’ve now decided to release the first 8 minutes of the film for free, online, as can be seen above.
Will Sony’s R-rated ‘Kraven’ prove the skeptics wrong? There have been so many delays with this one, not to mention reshoots that reshaped a good chunk of the film to “sharpen the characters and tighten the plot,” that many are not convinced it’ll turn out to be a good film.
The main narrative that Sony is trying to throw out there is that they are so happy with how ‘Kraven’ turned out post-reshoots that they are working with Chandor again on a just announced new project.
A few weeks ago, Chandor told ComicBook that people need to give the film a chance:
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.
‘Kraven’ cost $130M to produce — higher than Sony’s other comic book movies, “Venom”, “Morbius” and “Madame Web”. The trailer has also been largely mocked online. Suffice to say, things have been looking rather dire for this one. It’s currently tracking at a $20M opening.
What can now save the movie are how well reviews turn out. Will critics be kind to ‘Kraven’? That’s something that needs to happen for this film to make its money back.
Boyle's answer was met with a shout of "Never do that shit again" from the crowd, and the TIFF moderator swiftly brought the Q&A to a close, thanking everyone for coming.