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The latest actor to join the cast of Sony’s Kraven the Hunter movie is Possessor star Christopher Abbott, who will be playing Marvel Character “The Foreigner” in the movie.
Deadline broke the news, reporting: “Sources say Christopher Abbott would play the film’s main villain The Foreigner, one of Spider-Man’s bigger adversaries in the comics.”
The site notes that this report is “unconfirmed” at this time.
Wikipedia details the Marvel Comics character, “The Foreigner is a mercenary and assassin. Although he has no superhuman abilities, he has trained his body to be in absolute peak physical condition, is among the greatest martial arts practitioners in the Marvel Universe, and as a professional assassin, who has evaded detection by various international law enforcement agencies, is highly intelligent. He is often depicted as being exceedingly competent.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in Sony’s Kraven the Hunter movie, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) recently cast to play the title character.
Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain in Sony’s movie, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
Kraven the Hunter is currently set for release on January 13, 2023.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
