No Way Home’s Cancelled Villain Is The Perfect Threat For Spider-Man 4
Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s missing villain can finally make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Spider-Man 4, with the perfect story waiting. Tom Holland has concluded his first trilogy as Peter Parker, but that doesn’t mean the actor is done with the iconic character. Holland will be back for at least another solo movie, and while not much is known about the MCU Spider-Man 4‘s story, the movie could bring back Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s original idea. In the MCU, Spider-Man has gone up against many exciting foes, both in his three solo movies and in appearances in Avengers films, even fighting other heroes in Captain America: Civil War.
In his first two solo movies, Holland’s Spider-Man went up against some truly exciting villains, with Michael Keaton’s Vulture giving Spider-Man a menacing foe, while Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio tricked the hero into believing he was on his side and ended up revealing to the world that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. Then came Holland’s explosive third movie, with Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s cast including an exciting host of multiverse villains from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man movies — Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Electro, Sandman, and the Lizard. While the multiverse villains were exciting, Spider-Man: No Way Home originally planned to focus on another villain who could be the perfect foe for Spider-Man 4.
Sony Did Not Allow Spider-Man: No Way Home To Use Kraven The Hunter
The new book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios reveals that Sony prevented Spider-Man: No Way Home from using Kraven the Hunter. According to the book, Spider-Man: No Way Home writing duo Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers tried to portray Kraven as the main villain of the film. However, Sony denied it, as Kraven “was unavailable until Sony established him in a solo movie.” That solo project for the villain ended up being Sony’s recently delayed Kraven the Hunter, a movie starring MCU Quicksilver actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the Spider-Man villain.
How Spider-Man: No Way Home Set Up A Famous Kraven Storyline
While Sony did not allow Marvel Studios to use Kraven the Hunter for the final installment of the Dutch trilogy, the ending of Spider-Man: No Way Home set up the next film in the franchise, Spider-Man 4, to adapt Kraven’s most famous storyline from the comic book movie. , “Kraven’s Last Hunt.” Spider-Man: No Way Home ends with Doctor Strange casting a spell that makes everyone forget who Peter Parker is. Because of this – and the Green Goblin having killed Aunt May earlier in the film – Holland’s Peter Parker finds himself alone, with no family or loved ones who remember who he is and no access to the Stark technology he uses. used when he was Spider-Man. This setup is perfect for Marvel Studios to return to its original villain choice for Spider-Man: No Way Home, bringing Kraven to the MCU with the “Kraven’s Last Hunt” version in Spider-Man 4. Storyline This comic saw Kraven give everything he had to defeat Spider-Man, and the villain succeeded in a big way. Kraven seemingly killed Spider-Man and took back his costume to prove that he was superior to the hero. However, Spider-Man did not really die but was only buried alive by Kraven. With no one remembering who Spider-Man is, everything is set up for Kraven to try to kill Spider-Man and take his identity in Spider-Man 4.
Why The Time Is Right To Finally Cross-Over Sony’s Spider-Man Universe And The MCU
It’s hard to believe that if Kraven does appear in Spider-Man 4 it will be a new actor playing the role and not Taylor-Johnson reprising his Kraven from SSU. While this may cause some confusion among audiences, since Taylor-Johnson already plays Quicksilver in the MCU, the actor’s appearance as the multiverse version of Kraven would come at the perfect time. so that the MCU and SSU have a major crossover. While Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock was present in the MCU in the post-credits scenes of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home, he never interacted with Spider-Man or other MCU heroes. The two upcoming MCU Phase 6 movies, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars, will conclude the MCU’s multiverse story, and that means Marvel will stop using the multiverse after the movies. movie. To ensure that the MCU and SSU have a good crossover before the window of opportunity closes forever, having Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man 4 could be Marvel and Sony’s trump card. This way, fans can get a full MCU and SSU crossover that builds on the villain’s original plans from Spider-Man: No Way Home, resulting in a dark story and fun in Spider-Man 4.