Girls star Christopher Abbott is feeling villainous as he joins Kraven the Hunter.
Part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe, this upcoming blockbuster puts Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Tenet) front and centre as Russian big-game hunter Sergei Kravinoff, who's blessed with a masterful tactical mind and the power of a jungle cat.
According to Deadline, Abbott's character will be the movie's main baddie, The Foreigner.
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Sergei (commonly referred to as Kraven) certainly has his hands full here, with assassin The Foreigner not only possessing incredible martial arts and disguising skills, he's also famed for placing his opponents under a 10-second state of hypnosis through eye contact.
Meanwhile, a couple of weeks ago it was confirmed that Fred Hechinger (Pam & Tommy) had signed on to play the title character's brother The Chameleon, while Alessandro Nivola also jumped aboard as a mystery antagonist.
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Sony's Spider-Man Universe will return later this month with the release of Morbius, starring Oscar winner Jared Leto (House of Gucci) as Dr Michael Morbius, the 'living vampire'.
"Tonally it's really character-driven," teased Martine Bancroft actress Adria Arjona.
"It's both really fun but also really grounded and dark. You follow three characters throughout the story. Not a lot of people know about Morbius, so it's going to be really cool to introduce Morbius as a character, who is so interesting."
Alongside Leto and Arjona, Jared Harris (Chernobyl), Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious), Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and Al Madrigal (The Way Back) fill out the cast.
Just to throw some multiversal confusion into the mix, Michael Keaton's Spider-Man: Homecoming character The Vulture cameos too.
Kraven the Hunter heads to cinemas on January 13, 2023.
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