Sony’s ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Casts ‘White Lotus’ Star Fred Hechinger

She may have won a SAG Award, been nominated for a Tony Award, and just earned her first Oscar nomination for “West Side Story,” but Ariana DeBose is driven by being a “consummate perfectionist.” That means when she watched the celebrated Steven Spielberg musical for the first time she “found a million things” she could have done better. Considering the almost universal acclaim her performance as Anita received, many viewers and her peers would politely disagree.

The cast for Sony’s Marvel film Kraven the Hunter is coming together and it looks like Girls and Catch-22 star Christopher Abbott is in talks to star!

Though we have yet to see anything outside of two “Venom” films, Sony is hellbent on making its own universe of Spider-Man-adjacent characters a thing. We have “Morbius” arriving soon, “Madame Web” just found its lead, and various other projects in development, including the upcoming “Kraven the Hunter.” And though this little superhero universe is still in its relative infancy, there are some heavy hitter actors signing on.

EXCLUSIVE: Catch-22 star Christopher Abbott is set to join Sony Pictures’ Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role. While unconfirmed, sources say Abbott would play the film’s main villain, The Foreigner — one of Spider-Man’s bigger adversaries in the comics.

Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is nearly at $1.9 billion worldwide, and the two “Venom” films account for $1.3 billion in total, establishing that audiences are hungry for the studio’s splinter cinematic universe. Next up for the studio after “Morbius” in their Spider-Verse is “Kraven The Hunter,” the next villain to receive the solo film treatment.

Angelique Jackson Alessandro Nivola is the latest actor to join Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter,” starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, Ariana DeBose and Fred Hechinger.The latest in Sony Pictures’ universe of Marvel characters, which includes the “Spider-Man” and “Venom” films, “Kraven the Hunter” is set to be released theatrically Jan. 13, 2023.

Alessandro Nivola has joined “Kraven the Hunter” for Sony Pictures, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Details about Nivola’s role are being kept under wraps, but according to Deadline who first reported the news, Nivola is playing the villain. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to star in the title role. The studio also locked in the actor for multiple pictures as the iconic “Spider-Man” villain.

EXCLUSIVE: The Many Saints Of Newark star Alessandro Nivola is set to join Sony Pictures’ Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson in the titular role. It’s unknown who Nivola will be playing other then it being the villain in the film. He joins a cast that already includes Ariana DeBose, Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger

Ariana DeBose is taking Hollywood by storm and has her eye on a new challenge. The celebrated actress is joining the action-packed world of comic book cinema!ET can confirm that the Oscar-nominated star has signed on to star in Sony Pictures' upcoming Marvel project, DeBose will appear opposite Aaron Taylor Johnson, who is set to star as the titular Kraven, a Russian immigrant who's real name is Sergei Kravinoff, who comes to New York to prove himself as the world's greatest hunter.According to, who was the first to report the casting news, DeBose is likely set to play Calypso, who — at least in the comics — is a sinister voodoo priestess and magical villain who is also an occasional love interest and ally to Kraven.Both Kraven and Calypso have been longtime enemies of Spider-Man, and fit into the Sony Spider-Man Universe that the studio has established with movies including and the long-delayed, starring Jared Leto.is helmed by J.C.

The “Spider-Man” franchise couldn’t be more popular as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is approaching $2 billion at the global box office. Sony is looking to continue to flesh out its own cinematic universe without the help of Marvel Studios after the success of the “Venom” films.

West Side Story star Ariana DeBose has landed her next big role right after her big win at the 2022 SAG Awards!

SAG Award winner and Academy Award nominee Ariana DeBose has joined “Kraven the Hunter” for Sony Pictures, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Deadline which first reported the news, claims the actress will play the role of Calypso. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to star in the title role. The studio also locked in the actor for multiple pictures as the iconic “Spider-Man” villain.

EXCLUSIVE: 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.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“West Side Story” star Ariana DeBose has joined the cast of Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter,” an upcoming superhero action-adventure featuring Aaron Taylor Johnson.More to come…

Even before the runaway success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Sony had been deep in the expansion plans of their live-action Spider-verse. “Morbius” is next coming in April, and after that, in early 2023 will be “Kraven The Hunter,” the latest Marvel film being assembled by Sony Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: Fred Hechinger has joined Sony Pictures’ Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson in titular role. Although it’s unconfirmed, sources say Hechinger would play Chameleon, the brother of Kraven, in the movie.

Deadline, which first reported the news, said he’s meant to be portraying Kraven’s half-brother, who goes by the alter ego Chameleon.Sony has already dated “Kraven the Hunter” for January 13, 2023. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing the film, and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk wrote the screenplay.

Angelique Jackson As the Met Gala sets its return to the first Monday in May, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced plans for the 2022 spring exhibition themed “In America: An Anthology of Fashion.”The Met curators, led by Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu curator in charge of the Costume Institute, have enlisted eight film directors —- Janicza Bravo, Sofia Coppola, Julie Dash, Tom Ford, Regina King, Martin Scorsese, Autumn de Wilde and Chloé Zhao — to help bring the exhibition to life.“Anthology” is the second of a two-part presentation saluting designers and dressmakers who worked in the United States from the 19th to the mid-late 20th century. It follows Part One, titled “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” which opened in September 2021.