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The Weinstein Company’s Woes Continue
Out here in Los Angeles it’s no secret that The Weinstein Company is in trouble, in fact, nearly everyone I know was watching to see how both The Inglorius Basterds and Halloween II would perform, because a flop could have easily meant the demise of an empire. While the flop of the Tarantino/Rodriguez project Grindhouse started the ball rolling downhill, it’s sounding more and more like there’s nothing that can stop it at this point. A new article over at Deadline Hollywood reports that the company has begun firing more staff, a surefire sign that things are not well. And while Basterds was a success, Universal shares in the profits. The Road premieres in Toronto, and from the movie I saw, they are in some serious, serious trouble. Click the link above or below to read what Nikki Finke has to say about the matter.
Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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