No way home, Sony prevented the use of one of the most famous villains

Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home was originally supposed to face off against the famous comic book villain, but Sony prevented his use; That’s why.

Spider-Man: No Way Home he risked seeing how Spider-Man antagonist Tom Holland is one of the most famous comic book villains, but Sony then use prohibited to paste it into another project.

Initially, the main villain of the film “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was supposed to be Kraven the Hunterbut Sony banned its use as it planned to make a standalone film, likely to be released in 2024.

The revelation is contained in a book by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzalez and Gavin Edwards. MCU: Reign of Marvel Studios

. According to The Direct, Kraven the Hunter could not be used in Spider-Man: No Way Home because the character “was unavailable”.

Spider-Man vs Kraven?

Tom Holland expected from Collider that in 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home took a chance on becoming a Kraven the Hunter movie, but did not reveal the reason why the idea was shelved. Here are his words:

“For a long time there was a movie where Spider-Man faces Kraven, so a lot of things were different. Director Jon Watts offered me this movie with Craven, which was actually really fantastic. I don’t want to talk about it just in case. This movie is set in the future, but the idea was fun.”

Eventually, Craven’s character, aka Sergei Kravinoff, was given his own standalone film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and directed by J.C. Chandor, due out in 2024. Spider-Man: No Way Home

had to make do with villains like Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, Jamie Foxx’s Max Dillon/The Elector, and Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus.