195: Kraven the Hunter (with Adam Jackson)
Added 2025-01-01 22:57:05 +0000 UTCThe writer and friend of the pod Adam Jackson returns for a show about what has turned out to be the finale of Sony’s "Spider-Man Movies Without Spider-Man In Them Cinematic Universe", Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe.
Directed by J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost), Kraven was originally set for release in January 2023 but after guild strikes, reshoots and several schedule changes was finally released at the end of 2024, and on the eve of its debut Sony announced they were wrapping up this attempt to make standalone origin stories of Spider-Man villains like Venom, Morbius and Madame Web, which led to Kraven having the weakest series opening yet. But Adam and I were surprised at how much fun we had watching it, full of good actors delivering ludicrous performances, with the added hilarity of this ”origin story” being a dead-end for the “franchise”.
Plus: Adam provides us with a year in review of the comic book movie, which would have been the weakest one in history were it not for the massive success of Deadpool & Wolverine, and we talk about what we’re looking forward to in 2025.
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First Red Band trailer for Kraven the Hunter (J.C. Chandor, 2024)
“Reverse Psychology” commercial for the 2020 Russell Crowe thriller Unhinged, calling us back to the cinema
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Jesper Ohlsson
2025-01-02 16:29:47 +0000 UTCI legitimately only learn that these types of movies exist through - largely - this podcast. Didn't know Black Adam was a movie, didn't know they were making a Flash movie, and now they've made what looks like Marvel-licensed PG-13 gay porn? Feel free to refer to this post if you ever need to fill out a community service quota.
Jesper Ohlsson
2025-01-01 23:48:49 +0000 UTC
