{"id":2175485,"date":"2026-10-02T11:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175485"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:15:34","slug":"ive-buried-it-deep-x-men-actor-says-he-knew-sonys-spider-man-spinoff-kraven-wasnt-going-well-during-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175485","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;ve Buried It Deep&#8217;: X-Men Actor Says He Knew Sony&#8217;s Spider-Man Spinoff Kraven Wasn&#8217;t &#8216;Going Well&#8217; During Filming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-3246540067 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-2044616299 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Marvel&#8217;s new X-Men movie star Christopher Abbott has admitted that he knew Sony&#8217;s Spider-Man spinoff <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/kraven-the-hunter\">Kraven the Hunter<\/a> wasn&#8217;t &#8220;going well&#8221; while on set.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Girls and Catch-22 actor had a small role in Sony&#8217;s notoriously-bad Kraven movie, and said it was immediately clear that the film had issues. Speaking via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=78XraIvsN0w\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy, Sad, Confused<\/a> podcast, Abbott recalled not knowing what he was doing on set, and basic details of his character being unclear. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I can s**t talk myself,&#8221; Abbott began, saying that he was comfortable critiquing his own performance. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what I was doing in that thing. I didn&#8217;t understand what the superpower was, I didn&#8217;t know what was going on. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">How to Watch Sony&#8217;s Spider-Man Universe in Chronological Order<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click through for a full breakdown of how to watch Sony&apos;s Spider-Man Universe movies in chronological order.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-3524787213 jsx-4268464690 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1. Madame Web (2024)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIt may be one of Sony\u2019s more recent Marvel movies, but Madame Web is actually the first in the series chronologically. The movie is mostly set in the early \u201800s, when Peter Parker\u2019s Uncle Ben (Adam Scott) and mother Mary (Emma Roberts) are still alive. We even get to see baby Peter Parker be born, technically making Madame Web the one Sony\u2019s Spider-Man Universe movie to actually feature Spider-Man. Mostly, though, Madame Web is focused on Dakota Johnson\u2019s Cassandra Webb as she grapples with her precognitive visions and battles evil billionaire Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim).\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 10 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nSpider-Man: Homecoming is the first solo MCU movie to star Tom Holland\u2019s Peter Parker, though technically the character debuted in 2016\u2019s Captain America: Civil War (which isn\u2019t a Sony movie). Set in the aftermath of Civil War, Homecoming follows Peter as he struggles to balance his responsibilities at school with his burgeoning career as a costumed superhero. That puts him in conflict with Michael Keaton\u2019s Adrian Toomes, the head of a salvage operation who becomes the winged villain known as The Vulture. Toomes later goes on to play a role in Sony\u2019s Spider-Man Universe.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3. Venom (2018)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIt may not be the first movie chronologically, but Venom is the first non-Marvel Studios coproduction Sony released. Tom Hardy stars as crusading reporter Eddie Brock, whose investigation of the sinister Life Foundation leads to him bonding with an alien symbiote and becoming Venom. The first movie pits Venom against the Life Foundation\u2019s head, Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), who eventually bonds with a symbiote himself and becomes Riot. Despite the close association between Venom and Spider-Man in the comics, the movie makes no overt references to Spidey or Peter Parker.\u00a0\u00a0\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe second MCU movie to star Tom Holland\u2019s Spider-Man is after 2019\u2019s Avengers: Endgame. This time around, Peter is forced to come to terms with being snapped out of existence for five years by Thanos and mourning the late Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). A much-needed class trip abroad is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and a new feud with master illusionist Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal). Far From Home\u2019s ending has far-reaching ramifications for both the MCU and Sony\u2019s Spider-Man Universe, as Peter finds his secret identity leaked across the world.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nHardy\u2019s Eddie Brock and his symbiote companion return in this Venom sequel. Let There Be Carnage follows up on the post-credits scene from the first movie as it pits Venom against the sadistic Carnage (Woody Harrelson) and his lover Shriek (Naomie Harris). Let There Be Carnage is also notable for forging a direct link to the MCU with its post-credits scene, where Brock is suddenly dragged into an MCU still reeling from the outing of Spider-Man\u2019s secret identity. The reason for Eddie\u2019s detour to another universe wouldn\u2019t become clear until the release of the next Spider-Man movie a couple of months later.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I was like &#8216;I take off my glasses and what happens?&#8217; I feel like no one really had a good answer,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what I was wearing in that thing. I&#8217;ve sort of buried it deep down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Kraven the Hunter was one of Sony&#8217;s various mediocre Spider-Man Universe spinoffs that the studio pumped out while attempting to establish its own cinematic universe. While the Tom Hardy-starring Venom found success (and gained two sequels of varying quality), Sony also launched the Jared Leto-starring Morbius and Dakota Johnson-starring Madame Web before finally deciding it could not continue.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Various in-development projects were abandoned over the years, including films centered on minor Spider-Man characters such as El Muerto, Jackpot, and Hypno-Hustler. There was also a vague plan to bring these standalone films together via a Sinister Six crossover movie, with groundwork to set this up evident in Morbius&#8217; mid-credits scene (which features the MCU&#8217;s Vulture, played by Michael Keaton) and the post-credits scene of Spider-Man: No Way Home (which features a brief Tom Hardy cameo).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2277167929 video jsx-2008855984 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"badge jsx-1349606671 jsx-3647116352\"><span class=\"ign-icon icon-play jsx-2750866048 jsx-1044454891\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-play\" aria-label=\"Play\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Play.59e5540b.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;That was a learning curve,&#8221; Abbott concluded, reflecting on Kraven the Hunter. &#8220;In the moment, I was like&#8230; &#8216;I don&#8217;t think this is going well.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Kraven the Hunter takes aim at the audience and instead shoots itself in the foot with ill-conceived action and a poisonously rote script that totally botches its razor-thin examination of toxic masculinity,&#8221; we wrote in <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/kraven-the-hunter-review-aaron-taylor-johnson-russell-crowe\">IGN&#8217;s Kraven the Hunter review<\/a>, awarding the film an awful 3\/10.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Thankfully, Abbott is being given a fresh crack at the superhero movie genre with a leading role in Jake Schreier&#8217;s upcoming X-Men reboot. Officially part of the MCU and a key focus for Marvel post-Avengers: Secret Wars, this new version of the X-Men will feature Abbott as Charles Xavier\/Professor X, alongside Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Scott Summers\/Cyclops and Adam Driver as Nathaniel Milbury \/Mr. Sinister. It&#8217;s a fair bet this will be slightly better than Kraven.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP via Getty Images.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Phillips Avatar\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/682ae571844d33001df37887\/bafkreidcdvzaebn4npc6hj3ffj6fzlg3kqnfpgazyarf24lfrnboi6lzbe-1747728739638.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><span class=\"stack jsx-2959124702 jsx-702910195 author-sign-off-header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/person\/tomphillipsIGN\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 jsx-2809511915 bold underlined\">Tom Phillips<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 muted\">News Editor<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-1220387432\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"author-sign-off-socials\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 author-sign-off-socials\"><button type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"listbox\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"View social links\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 socials-trigger\"><span title=\"X\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 social-icon-avatar\"><span class=\"ign-icon jsx-2877214176 jsx-2750866048 jsx-2788214270\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"jsx-2877214176\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Twitter.d0b97af5.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><span title=\"Bluesky\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 social-icon-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ign-icon jsx-2877214176 jsx-2750866048 jsx-2788214270\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"jsx-2877214176\" alt loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Bluesky.d8b4aa9b.svg?cors=0\"><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div role=\"listbox\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2758920045 jsx-4268464690 jsx-3705869475 dropdown-menu jsx-3625955085\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tomphillipsEG\" id=\"author-sign-off-social-twitterHandle\" class=\"menu-item jsx-3565735818 jsx-3927327418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 menu-item-text\" data-text=\"X\">X<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ign-icon icon-twitter jsx-2750866048 jsx-3701596282\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"icon-twitter\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Twitter.d0b97af5.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" id=\"author-sign-off-social-blueskyUrl\" class=\"menu-item jsx-3565735818 jsx-3927327418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 menu-item-text\" data-text=\"Bluesky\">Bluesky<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ign-icon icon-bluesky jsx-2750866048 jsx-3701596282\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"icon-bluesky\" alt loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Bluesky.d8b4aa9b.svg?cors=0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. 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Set Us as Your Source.<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.ign.com\" class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--secondary jsx-3027214138 icon-button contained centered large\" title=\"Add Source\" aria-label=\"Add Source\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ign-icon icon-google jsx-2750866048 jsx-3701596282\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-google\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Google.9e99a9d7.svg?cors=0\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 large\">Add Source<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Marvel&#8217;s new X-Men movie star Christopher Abbott has admitted that he knew Sony&#8217;s Spider-Man spinoff <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/kraven-the-hunter\">Kraven the Hunter<\/a> wasn&#8217;t &#8220;going well&#8221; while on set.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Girls and Catch-22 actor had a small role in Sony&#8217;s notoriously-bad Kraven movie, and said it was immediately clear that the film had issues. Speaking via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=78XraIvsN0w\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy, Sad, Confused<\/a> podcast, Abbott recalled not knowing what he was doing on set, and basic details of his character being unclear. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I can s**t talk myself,&#8221; Abbott began, saying that he was comfortable critiquing his own performance. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what I was doing in that thing. I didn&#8217;t understand what the superpower was, I didn&#8217;t know what was going on. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">How to Watch Sony&#8217;s Spider-Man Universe in Chronological Order<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click through for a full breakdown of how to watch Sony&apos;s Spider-Man Universe movies in chronological order.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-3524787213 jsx-4268464690 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1. Madame Web (2024)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIt may be one of Sony\u2019s more recent Marvel movies, but Madame Web is actually the first in the series chronologically. The movie is mostly set in the early \u201800s, when Peter Parker\u2019s Uncle Ben (Adam Scott) and mother Mary (Emma Roberts) are still alive. We even get to see baby Peter Parker be born, technically making Madame Web the one Sony\u2019s Spider-Man Universe movie to actually feature Spider-Man. Mostly, though, Madame Web is focused on Dakota Johnson\u2019s Cassandra Webb as she grapples with her precognitive visions and battles evil billionaire Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim).\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 10 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nSpider-Man: Homecoming is the first solo MCU movie to star Tom Holland\u2019s Peter Parker, though technically the character debuted in 2016\u2019s Captain America: Civil War (which isn\u2019t a Sony movie). Set in the aftermath of Civil War, Homecoming follows Peter as he struggles to balance his responsibilities at school with his burgeoning career as a costumed superhero. That puts him in conflict with Michael Keaton\u2019s Adrian Toomes, the head of a salvage operation who becomes the winged villain known as The Vulture. Toomes later goes on to play a role in Sony\u2019s Spider-Man Universe.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3. Venom (2018)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIt may not be the first movie chronologically, but Venom is the first non-Marvel Studios coproduction Sony released. Tom Hardy stars as crusading reporter Eddie Brock, whose investigation of the sinister Life Foundation leads to him bonding with an alien symbiote and becoming Venom. The first movie pits Venom against the Life Foundation\u2019s head, Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), who eventually bonds with a symbiote himself and becomes Riot. Despite the close association between Venom and Spider-Man in the comics, the movie makes no overt references to Spidey or Peter Parker.\u00a0\u00a0\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe second MCU movie to star Tom Holland\u2019s Spider-Man is after 2019\u2019s Avengers: Endgame. This time around, Peter is forced to come to terms with being snapped out of existence for five years by Thanos and mourning the late Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). A much-needed class trip abroad is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and a new feud with master illusionist Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal). Far From Home\u2019s ending has far-reaching ramifications for both the MCU and Sony\u2019s Spider-Man Universe, as Peter finds his secret identity leaked across the world.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nHardy\u2019s Eddie Brock and his symbiote companion return in this Venom sequel. Let There Be Carnage follows up on the post-credits scene from the first movie as it pits Venom against the sadistic Carnage (Woody Harrelson) and his lover Shriek (Naomie Harris). Let There Be Carnage is also notable for forging a direct link to the MCU with its post-credits scene, where Brock is suddenly dragged into an MCU still reeling from the outing of Spider-Man\u2019s secret identity. The reason for Eddie\u2019s detour to another universe wouldn\u2019t become clear until the release of the next Spider-Man movie a couple of months later.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I was like &#8216;I take off my glasses and what happens?&#8217; I feel like no one really had a good answer,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what I was wearing in that thing. I&#8217;ve sort of buried it deep down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Kraven the Hunter was one of Sony&#8217;s various mediocre Spider-Man Universe spinoffs that the studio pumped out while attempting to establish its own cinematic universe. While the Tom Hardy-starring Venom found success (and gained two sequels of varying quality), Sony also launched the Jared Leto-starring Morbius and Dakota Johnson-starring Madame Web before finally deciding it could not continue.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Various in-development projects were abandoned over the years, including films centered on minor Spider-Man characters such as El Muerto, Jackpot, and Hypno-Hustler. There was also a vague plan to bring these standalone films together via a Sinister Six crossover movie, with groundwork to set this up evident in Morbius&#8217; mid-credits scene (which features the MCU&#8217;s Vulture, played by Michael Keaton) and the post-credits scene of Spider-Man: No Way Home (which features a brief Tom Hardy cameo).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2277167929 video jsx-2008855984 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"badge jsx-1349606671 jsx-3647116352\"><span class=\"ign-icon icon-play jsx-2750866048 jsx-1044454891\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-play\" aria-label=\"Play\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Play.59e5540b.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;That was a learning curve,&#8221; Abbott concluded, reflecting on Kraven the Hunter. &#8220;In the moment, I was like&#8230; &#8216;I don&#8217;t think this is going well.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Kraven the Hunter takes aim at the audience and instead shoots itself in the foot with ill-conceived action and a poisonously rote script that totally botches its razor-thin examination of toxic masculinity,&#8221; we wrote in <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/kraven-the-hunter-review-aaron-taylor-johnson-russell-crowe\">IGN&#8217;s Kraven the Hunter review<\/a>, awarding the film an awful 3\/10.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Thankfully, Abbott is being given a fresh crack at the superhero movie genre with a leading role in Jake Schreier&#8217;s upcoming X-Men reboot. Officially part of the MCU and a key focus for Marvel post-Avengers: Secret Wars, this new version of the X-Men will feature Abbott as Charles Xavier\/Professor X, alongside Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Scott Summers\/Cyclops and Adam Driver as Nathaniel Milbury \/Mr. Sinister. It&#8217;s a fair bet this will be slightly better than Kraven.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP via Getty Images.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Phillips Avatar\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/682ae571844d33001df37887\/bafkreidcdvzaebn4npc6hj3ffj6fzlg3kqnfpgazyarf24lfrnboi6lzbe-1747728739638.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><span class=\"stack jsx-2959124702 jsx-702910195 author-sign-off-header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/person\/tomphillipsIGN\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 jsx-2809511915 bold underlined\">Tom Phillips<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 muted\">News Editor<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-1220387432\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"author-sign-off-socials\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 author-sign-off-socials\"><button type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"listbox\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"View social links\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 socials-trigger\"><span title=\"X\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 social-icon-avatar\"><span class=\"ign-icon jsx-2877214176 jsx-2750866048 jsx-2788214270\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"jsx-2877214176\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Twitter.d0b97af5.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><span title=\"Bluesky\" class=\"jsx-2877214176 social-icon-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ign-icon jsx-2877214176 jsx-2750866048 jsx-2788214270\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"jsx-2877214176\" alt loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Bluesky.d8b4aa9b.svg?cors=0\"><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div role=\"listbox\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2758920045 jsx-4268464690 jsx-3705869475 dropdown-menu jsx-3625955085\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tomphillipsEG\" id=\"author-sign-off-social-twitterHandle\" class=\"menu-item jsx-3565735818 jsx-3927327418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 menu-item-text\" data-text=\"X\">X<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ign-icon icon-twitter jsx-2750866048 jsx-3701596282\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"icon-twitter\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Twitter.d0b97af5.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" id=\"author-sign-off-social-blueskyUrl\" class=\"menu-item jsx-3565735818 jsx-3927327418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 menu-item-text\" data-text=\"Bluesky\">Bluesky<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ign-icon icon-bluesky jsx-2750866048 jsx-3701596282\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"icon-bluesky\" alt loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/Bluesky.d8b4aa9b.svg?cors=0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel&#8217;s new X-Men movie star Christopher Abbott has admitted that he knew Sony&#8217;s Spider-Man spinoff Kraven the Hunter wasn&#8217;t &#8220;going well&#8221; while on set. The Girls and Catch-22 actor had a small role in Sony&#8217;s notoriously-bad Kraven movie, and said it was immediately clear that the film had issues. 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