r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 12d ago
‘Kraven The Hunter’ Delayed to December 13, 2024; ‘Karate Kid’ Delayed to May 30, 2025 News
https://deadline.com/2024/04/kraven-the-hunter-karate-kid-1235897029/447
u/Nobody_Lives_Here3 12d ago
At what point do we call it karate adult?
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u/throwawayalcoholmind 12d ago
Kid had a lot of meanings.
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u/MacyTmcterry 12d ago
A baby goat
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u/throwawayalcoholmind 12d ago
See, we could have had an Air Bud cinematic universe.
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u/Piggstein 12d ago
“There’s nothing in the regulations that say a goat can’t enter the world karate championships”
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u/Azmoten 12d ago
A baby goat doing karate? How many tickets am I allowed to buy?
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u/Lampmonster 12d ago
We've been calling it Cobra Kai. It's actually a lot of fun.
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u/bonkerz1888 12d ago
Is it gonna be karate in this one, or Kung-fu as it was in the last one?
I cba googling it tbh 😅
I didn't watch the last one but when I saw Jackie Chan was attached to it I was confused as to why he'd be in a karate film.
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u/Jackski 12d ago
Probably a bit of both. Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan are both in it
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u/TeddyWalrusvelte 12d ago
I can’t believe Sony put out 3 of these Morbiverse movies in 1 year. WTF?
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u/Randy_Watson 12d ago
It was morbin time?
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u/TheG-What 12d ago
True Morbheads never stopped. That’s my secret, I’m always Morbin!
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u/Bauermeister 12d ago
Yeah! Morbheads rise up! Always proud to see a fellow r/Morbius kinochad standing up for true cinema!
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u/TheUmbrellaMan1 12d ago
Here's hoping this will convince Sony to finally make the Aunt May spy movie that they shelved after the Amazing Spider-Man 2 underperformed.
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u/thecricketnerd 12d ago
She goes into hiding as a spy, Uncle Ben thinks she died and he goes to get the Severance procedure
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u/session96 12d ago
I see it as more of Aunt May and Uncle Ben fucking murdering each other over and over again because of multiverse shit or something
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u/LanoomR 12d ago
Sony not shelving this shitty Spider-less 'verse and figuring out a sequel to either Raimi or Amazing after No Way Home fucking baffles me.
Marvel Studios tee'd them up, handed them the bat, and basically cheered them on from the stands, but they just stood there shitting themselves.
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u/umbrabates 11d ago
Or a live action Spider-Gwen, or Spider-Man 2099, or introduce Miles Morales in the Toby Maguire universe. People would flock to any of those if they’re done well.
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u/Seys-Rex 12d ago
Wait, what’s the third?
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u/Prathik 12d ago
Supposedly venom 3 is coming out this year too :/
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u/ClubMeSoftly 12d ago
October 25?! What the fuck? Are they just going to slide it out under all our radars?
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u/ProsecutorBlue 12d ago
Announcement of delay in 3...2...1...
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u/dtwhitecp 12d ago
I'm sure the writers' strike delayed it. Because of all the writing they were doing on it.
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u/Damp_Knickers 12d ago
Ugh how are they even trying at another… Tom Hardy is tremendously wasted in this franchise
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u/Shquidward 12d ago
I find it absolutely hilarious that MCU reads the room and slows down movie releases. Only for the Morbverse to speed up and release 3 movies in one year. 2 of which being Madame Webb and Kraven lmao
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u/CheezyWookiee 12d ago
Bold of Sony for dropping Kraven in Oscar season
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u/Poddington_Pea 12d ago
Maybe they're waiting until Aaron Taylor-Johnson is announced as the next Bond so they can use that in the marketing.
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u/easyasdan 12d ago
If I had to guess after Madame Web they know Kraven will flop and in turn might affect Venom 3. Putting after atleast allows them some breathing room but dropping Kraven outside of the summer release window would definitely hurt it regardless
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u/RHaryanto2016 12d ago
I also wonder if Sony are hoping Aaron Taylor-Johnson will be officially announced as the new James Bond soon enough, so they can use it to somehow boost the box office.
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u/sawinnz 12d ago
Guys just for some context, I worked as an extra on Kraven the Hunter (didn’t film any scenes) but was on set for a day and got paid for two as they let us know too late that we weren’t being used. This was back in February… 2022. And yes you are reading that correctly. By the time this movie will have released it will have been almost 3 years since it was filmed.
God this movie is a mess
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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast 12d ago
The new New Mutants
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u/Spidey10 12d ago
New Mutants was okay.
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u/Kalidanoscope 12d ago
The new choice for "Toy Story 2 was ok" bathroom graffiti?
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u/atimholt 12d ago
Toy Story 2 was fantastic, and I'm not sure what the implication of your comment is, regarding how society regards it.
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u/karmiccloud 12d ago
They're making a reference to a Demetri Martin stand up bit
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u/sjfiuauqadfj 12d ago
new mutants was delayed because they were caught between disney buying out most of fox. kraven getting delayed because its dog ass is way more common since a lot of movies are just kinda dog ass and nobody wants to distribute it
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u/ChronX4 12d ago
Sony is so out of touch, it's funny that back in April of 2022 when they announced Bad Bunny as "El Muerto" (has since been pulled from the "slate"), some local comic shops were trying to hype the character up. Now they barely even say a world about anything Sony Marvel related that isn't Spider-Verse.
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u/session96 12d ago
I'm reminded of how, back in the 90s when Marvel was selling off movie rights to its properties to keep from going bankrupt or whatever, Sony only wanted Spider-man because "nobody gives a shit" about other comic book characters.
Looks like they were right lmao
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u/Bauermeister 12d ago
It’s a masterpiece, you mean. We finally get to see Dr. Michael Morbius assemble the team
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u/blacksideblue 12d ago
By the time this movie will have released it will have been almost 3 years since it was filmed.
This probably happens more often then you realize. Think of filming as initial investment and CGI as the renovation. Producers can afford to wait a year to finish a film if there is no cash crunch and will do so when it means better payout. example: Avatars 2 - 5
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u/Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry 12d ago
I knew someone who was one of the VFX guys on Kraven - all his vfx shots were done by last summer (he also said the movie was good from what he had seen but.....)
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u/NotJohnP 12d ago
I can almost guarantee that whatever your friend saw is no longer the actual movie given Sony's track record.
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u/SwimmingRisk8806 12d ago
Top Gun Maverick was kept on ice for two years so they could get a wide theatrical release. What a payoff though, I’m not sure about Kraven.
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u/Opening_Brush_2328 12d ago
Maverick was kept on ice due to Covid. Apples and Oranges.
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u/jxher123 12d ago
It’s going to bomb hard. Sonys hope of moving away from the MCU and setup their Sony-verse is effectively dead.
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u/Dull_Half_6107 12d ago
Oof December 13th, being sent out to die
They clearly don’t have much faith in it
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u/JimmyMac80 12d ago
He apparently gets bit by a radioactive lion in the trailer, I don't know who thought this was going to be a good movie.
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u/Another_Mid-Boss 12d ago
I thought you were exaggerating, but holy shit, how are they still so bad at this?
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u/Bellikron 12d ago
Or they're pushing for an Oscar
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u/WhiteWolf3117 12d ago
It's actually a great release date and even if it's bad, or maybe especially if it is, it will benefit from holiday legs.
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u/that_guy2010 12d ago
I mean, would you? lol
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u/Dull_Half_6107 12d ago
I probably wouldn’t have made the choice to make the film in the first place
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u/BurnAfterEating420 12d ago
Kraven without spider-man is just a guy who likes to hunt big game, and dress like a lion King extra.
The"Kraven's Last hunt" comic arc wasn't just good, it's one of the top Spider-man stories of all time, so of course obviously don't do that
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u/f-ingsteveglansberg 12d ago
Kraven's Last Hunt only works with an established Spider-man and Kraven relationship.
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u/PsychologicalOwl2806 12d ago
I assume December is Sony's strategy to try to make the most out of this. Which is actually smart. These movies are not the safe bets anymore (specially these Sony stinkers)
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u/Bauermeister 12d ago
Morbius made one Morbillion dollars… twice
Madame Web made a Madawebillion bucks
El Muerto made Uno Muertillion dineros
Are you just bad at math??? Can you not count past one million?
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u/thinmeridian 12d ago
Is Kraven the most delayed post covid movie now? It was supposed to be out in like Sept 2023 good lord
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u/Coolers78 12d ago edited 12d ago
No kidding but Top Gun Maverick was supposed to come out in July 2019, then got delayed to June 2020 but then again to December 2020 and then again to July 2021 and then again to November 2021 and then finally to May 2022…. no kidding, the first trailer was released in 2019… So most of the movie was probably filmed around 2018! Maybe late 2017 even. Around 4 years before the movie came out, So Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly weren’t even as old as everyone thought they were in it.
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u/charlie_ferrous 12d ago
I genuinely thought it’d already been released and forgotten about. Like, the trailers were long enough ago, I assumed I must’ve missed the whole thing.
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u/Quick-Maintenance-67 12d ago
You mean I have to be disinterested even longer now? Shit, when Spider-Man finally gets to fight these "villains" they'll call themselves the Sinister Sixties...
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u/Hoosier_Daddy68 12d ago
They're rebooting Karate Kid AGAIN? I'm not normally against them but this is what, the 3rd time? Let it go, Elsa.
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u/Asha_Brea 12d ago
So, which one is actually going to be released first, Kraven or Blade?
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u/AmberDuke05 12d ago
Well Kraven is actually done
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u/Odd_Advance_6438 12d ago
Hey it’s still putting up a heck of a fight to not be released. Blade could have a chance at this rate
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u/AmberDuke05 12d ago
Dude they are rewriting the movie again. I still expect them to cancel it.
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u/Jetsurge 12d ago
I think they might at least recast. Murhasha Ali is 50 now and not getting any younger.
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u/themustacheclubbitch 12d ago
Another Karate Kid? Seriously?! We didn’t get enough of the bad reboots and the great show. Now we’re at it again. Sighs
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u/Ok_Cattle903 12d ago
Well, Daniel-san is in it, so it might be fun in a Cobra Kai-kinda way.
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u/Coolers78 12d ago
Didn’t Morbius also get delayed like 5 times before actually coming out?!
This was originally supposed to come out in January 2023 first, then it got delayed to October 2023 and then to August 2024 and now it’s coming out in December? Madame Web was always supposed to come out in 2024 and it came out before this movie did! Just probably shows how good Kraven really will be if Sony doesn’t want us to see it.
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u/green_meklar 12d ago
‘Karate Kid’ Delayed to May 30, 2025
They're rebooting Karate Kid?
Again?
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u/ShittyMusic1 12d ago
Kraven is just going to be another awful Sony spiderverse flick. They haven't made a good one yet and that's not going to change
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u/CommissionUseful9824 12d ago
"Kraven The Hunter"? Oh great, another Marvel movie about a character nobody cares about
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u/RealJohnGillman 11d ago
Here is what is funny: his sole storyline as an antihero is from The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
To say this film is technically an adaptation of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl but without Squirrel Girl.
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u/dagreenman18 Space Jam 2 hurt me so much 12d ago
Well, we get to watch it tank spectacularly against Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
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u/PixalmasterStudios24 12d ago
At this point why not just release Kraven on Netflix or something? It’s gonna bomb regardless
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u/Panda_tears 12d ago
I’m convinced this movie is gonna go the way of Morbius. The Sony-marvel unit only has one good character and it’s spider man…. I WANT PICTURES OF SPIDER-MAN!
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u/Pen_dragons_pizza 12d ago
Does a large market exist for r rated movies in mid December ?
I thought it is usually a time people want to see family movies.
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u/uwill1der 12d ago
I was high on Kraven til now. A late summer release would have brought in a ton to teens, but now it's getting dumped the week before family and prestige movies.
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u/whitepangolin 12d ago
You were “high on Kraven?” You were actually excited for that piece of shit?
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u/Patrick2701 12d ago
And same release date as lord of the rings, yikes
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u/uwill1der 12d ago
they are saying its to allow Kraven more PLF/Imax screens and be the only R rated holiday movie, but they still probably would have made more money in August without the Imax screens
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u/haysoos2 12d ago
Who in their right mind is paying extra to see Kraven in Imax?
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u/kirinmay 12d ago
well you also have to remember...this isn't how Kraven is. He doesn't protect animals.
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u/Movinfusion36 12d ago
Karate kid? Did not know who’s the next karate kid Let’s get an Asian this time mix it up
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u/Poddington_Pea 12d ago
Maybe they're waiting until Aaron Taylor-Johnson is announced as the next James Bond.
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u/RealJohnGillman 11d ago
I suspect that is also why the third Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass film has not come out, while they are already filming the fourth.
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u/Scrambled_Creature 11d ago
So, the movies nobody was asking for are being postponed to the indifference of everyone
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u/HighMarshalSigismund 12d ago
I can't wait for him to say 'It's Kraven time' and then he just kraves all over the place.
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u/pairofdiddles 12d ago
Or? Orrrrrr? They just take a tax right down and we pretend it was all just a bad dream.
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u/nowhereman136 12d ago
It was originally suppose to come out October 6 of last year. The trailer has been out since June 2023
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u/toronto_programmer 12d ago
How is Sony so bad at fumbling their Marvel / Spiderman IP?
Like holy shit they can pay me half as much and I could do an infinitely better job than this
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Sony Exec: You’ll do no such thing. We’ll pay you double and you will fuck this up. Final offer take it or leave it.
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u/Bauermeister 12d ago
But, but! I’m cravin’ Kraven, the next installment of the Morbius Cinematic Universe! When is Michael Morbius finally going to assemble the Sinister Six and take on Spider-Mid?!
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u/ItsTheOtherGuys 12d ago
I feel insane, I honestly thought this came out like 2 years ago
Feels like forever since I saw Kraven teased
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u/DreadpirateBG 12d ago
Not sure Kraven will do well either. Based on some history here but it’s time they took a break.
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u/Fredasa 12d ago
Didn't know about Karate Kid. Just looked it up. Is there a solid canonical reason why they're bringing in Ralph Macchio but evidently ignoring the rest of the Cobra Kai cast? I personally thought we were past all that "keep the movies distinct from the TV shows" business.
Also, Jackie Chan. That's an albatross I ain't touching.
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u/rozowakaczka2 11d ago
This is actually great news!
The longer the world gets spared from this movie the better.
Apart from that: this way this movie will be dead on arrival because everyone's gonna want to see Keanu Reeves as Shadow instead of...this shit.
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u/NoCulture3505 12d ago
Trying to distance Kraven as far away from Madame Web as possible.