Sony Pictures has revealed a few shifts in its upcoming theatrical release calendar, including that Kraven the Hunter has been delayed from August 30, 2024, to December 13, 2024, and that Karate Kid will move from December 13, 2024, to May 30, 2025.
Kraven the Hunter, which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the Spider-Man villain and will be Sony’s first R-rated Marvel movie, was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on January 13, 2023. It was delayed a couple of times and one pushback was due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
We’ve only received one trailer for Kraven the Hunter so far and it was a Red Band one that featured a ton of violence, a rift between a father and son, and a glimpse of The Rhino.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story of how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be,” the movie’s official description reads. “Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
As for Karate Kid, Sony Pictures revealed in 2023 the news of a new entry in the beloved franchise that will see Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio return to their roles of Mr. Han from 2010’s The Karate Kid and Daniel LaRusso from the original films, respectively.
Back then, Sony said it was kicking off a global casting search to find the new Karate Kid for the film, and we have yet to hear an update on that search.
With this delay, it means this new Karate Kid film will now air after the sixth and final season of Cobra Kai, which currently has a release window of 2024.
In addition to these delays, Sony Pictures also gave They Listen a release date of August 30, 2024, and Animal Friends a date of August 15, 2025.
For more, check out all the other upcoming Sony Spider-Man Universe films and our explainer of Kraven the Hunter.
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