By Sony’s Spider-Man Universe is reportedly being put on ice once J.C. Chandor’s “Kraven the Hunter” hits cinemas reports The Wrap.
The shared universe, mostly known as the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters (SPUMC) before changing to the less memorable SSU abbreviation, involves characters commonly associated with Spider-Man in Marvel Comics.
It began in 2018 with Ruben Fleischer’s “Venom” and continued through 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” 2022’s “Morbius,” and this year’s “Madame Web” and “Venom: The Last Dance”.
“Kraven the Hunter,” which opens this Friday, marks the last. While the “Venom” films have been commercially successful, and have their defenders, “Morbius” and “Madame Web” were disasters on many levels.
Several different projects were announced to be in development but none appear to have made any progress. Their sources say the studio is now focusing its efforts on the fourth “Spider-Man” film and the animated “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” feature as well as the “Spider-Noir” television series featuring Nicolas Cage.
One key difference is all three of these projects “lean into, rather than away from, the web-slinger’s central appeal”.
The Aaron Taylor-Johnson led R-rated “Kraven: The Hunter” also stars Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, and Russell Crowe.
“Spider-Man 4” opens July 24th 2026 and begins shooting next year. Both “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” and “Spider-Noir” are currently in production but no dates have yet been announced.
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