‘Kraven The Hunter’: Ariana DeBose To Play Calypso In Sony’s Marvel Pic
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Fresh off her historic win at the SAG awards Sunday night, Ariana DeBose has her sights set on her next major project as the Oscar-nominee is set to join Sony Pictures’ Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson in the titular role.
Although it’s unconfirmed, sources say DeBose would play Calypso in the movie.J.C. Chandor is directing the pic with Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach producing.
Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk penned the screenplay.One of Sony Pictures’ universe of Marvel characters, Kraven is among Marvel’s most iconic and notorious antiheroes, who has encountered Venom and Black Panther among many others as well as being one of Spider-Man’s best-known and most-formidable enemies.
The film will be released theatrically on January 13, 2023.As for Calypso, she is a voodoo priestess who utilizes magic potions, and besides being an adversary of Spider-Man, she is also the occasional partner and lover of Kraven.Sony is coming off a hot streak with Venom: Let There Be Carnage making more than $500 million worldwide, while Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the biggest film of 2021 with $1.8 billion in worldwide sales.
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