With a dismal box office outlook, “Kraven the Hunter” may add to Sony’s list of Spider-Man spinoffs that failed to capture audiences, including “Madame Web” and “Morbius.”

Sony is reportedly giving up on its Spider-Man universe, which includes universally panned films such as Venom and Morbius, as Kraven the Hunter is projected for a worse opening weekend than the disastrous Madame Web.

The first live-action appearance of the longtime Spider-Man foe, who made his comic-book bow in 1964, marks the sixth film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe franchise following Morbius (2022), Madame Web (2024) and the recently completed Venom trilogy (2018-2024).

As with Venom and Morbius, robbing Kraven of conflict with Spider-Man mostly means that he shifts from genuine supervillain to semi-generic anti-hero—a superpowered type who kills goons without compunction,

After many false starts, it appears that Kraven the Hunter will be the last entry in Sony's Spider-Man universe of films.

J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter is utterly perplexing, from its existence to its execution. But that doesn’t make it fun to watch. In fact, it might be 2024’s most weightless Hollywood studio movie,

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