Sam Raimi Planned to Include Kraven the Hunter in Scrapped ‘Spider-Man 4’
thewrap.comwas scuttled during development in favor of rebooting the character from scratch.Now more details about what Raimi had planned for “Spider-Man 4” have surfaced, as the “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” director confirmed he was considering having Bruce Campbell play Mysterio in the next film – and introducing another iconic Spider-Man villain. “We had other things in mind, too, but that was one of them,” Raimi told Rolling Stone. “And I missed Kraven the Hunter.
We were going to work that character into the next ‘Spider-Man’; I always wanted to see Kraven fight Spider-Man on the big screen.
I thought that would be really unique. He’s the ultimate hunter, and Spider-Man is like the most agile trickster of the skies.
And I wanted to see Peter continue forward as a human being.”Raimi also told Rolling Stone that he saw “Spider-Man 4” as a potential shot at redemption after “Spider-Man 3,” which was maligned by critics and audiences alike despite grossing nearly $900 million at the box office.“It was a very painful experience for me,” Raimi said. “I wanted to make a Spider-Man movie to redeem myself for that. [The aborted] ‘Spider-Man 4’— that was really what that was about.
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