Fred Hechinger joins the cast of Kraven the Hunter

Fred Hechinger has joined the cast of the film that Sony Pictures is developing around Kraven the Hunter, a character who, announced in May 2021, will be played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Tenite”And the The King’s Man: The First Message).

Although it has not been confirmed, according to the Deadline actor, who is known for his involvement in “White Lotus”one of the 16 best TV series of 2021 for users of this site, can play Camalen, the half-brother of the protagonist who turns out to be a master of disguise who also does not like Spider-Man.

Remember that just two weeks ago it was announced that Russell Crowe had also joined the cast; She is supposed, according to THR, to play the role of Aaron/Craven’s father.

Such as “poison‘ And the ‘Morbius‘, this super-villain will be the main hero of the movie that will make him known to the world, although it is currently unknown what will happen next with this type of spin-off; Above all, if Tom Hardy, Jared Leto or Taylor Johnson were to be expected to match on screen as Spider-Man, either with or without Tom Holland under the aforementioned superhero mask.

Of course, as is usual in these cases, the actor signed on to play the character in several films from the Sony Marvel Universe (or Sony Spider-Man Universe), the first of which was released in theaters (at least) in the United States on January 13, 2023, where he is supposed to Filming will begin within the next few weeks.

JC Chandor (“margin call”And the The most violent yearDirected by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Richard Wink, we meet Sergei Kravinov, a Russian immigrant son of an aristocrat who fled to the United States with his family, in 1917, and after the Russian nobility decimated him by the February Revolution and the subsequent collapse of the reign of Tsar Nicholas II.

Kraven is a great game hunter looking to defeat Spider-Man to prove that he is the best hunter in the world. Unlike other hunters, he generally disdains the use of weapons of any kind, preferring to take down his prey with his bare hands. To do this, he consumes a mystical serum to give himself greater strength and significantly slow down the aging process.

He also lives by strict code of honor, being one of the founding members of Sinister Six…

Finally, let’s say this wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen Taylor Johnson give life to a comic-inspired character, as fans of ‘kick ass‘ And the ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron“.