Earlier today, Sony revealed that 2021 would be an even bigger year for Marvel Comics movies than previously assumed, when they announced an as-yet-untitled Marvel/Sony co-production would be released in theaters on October 8, 2021. Sony’s library of Marvel characters is limited to those who are owned under the Spider-Man umbrella, and in the last decade, there have been numerous planned films that never got off the ground. Still, with Venom making so much money it earned a sequel and Morbius ready to be released on an at least cautiously enthusiastic public, fans are thinking that the most likely candidate for this October 2021 date is probably Kraven, the Hunter.

Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and first appeared in 1964’s The Amazing Spider-Man #15, although his most famous story — “Kraven’s Last Hunt” — happened in the ’80s and hailed from the creative team of J. M. DeMatteis, Mike Zeck, and Bob McLeod. Kraven is a big-game hunter, and targets Spider-Man as the world’s most dangerous game.

Kraven is also half-brother to the Spider-Man villain The Chameleon, which could provide an interesting secondary antagonist for the film.

Why Kraven, though? Well, after years of rumors that Kraven would be the villain in whatever the next Spider-Man movie would end up being, it now appears that the character has a movie of his own that is not only in development, but has been fast-tracked, with actors already being considered for the major roles.

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