Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt Movie Adaptation

My Idea for a film adaptation of Kraven’s Last Hunt

Let me know what you think, and what you would change or what your version of this movie would be like.

Title: Spider-Man: The Hunter’s Wrath

My Casting Choices:

• Spider-Man: Tom Holland
• Black Cat: Samara Weaving
• Kraven the Hunter: Joe Manganiello
• Callie Ezili: Kerry Washington
• The Chameleon: Cillian Murphy
• The Tarantula: John Leguizamo
• Dr. Otto Octavius: Forest Whitaker
• J. Jonah Jameson: J.K. Simmons
• Aunt May: Marisa Tomei
• M.J.: Zendaya
• Robbie Robertson: Andre Braugher
• The Beetle: Max Greenfield

Peter Parker is now in his third year of college at Empire State University (ESU). He has been struggling to hold onto his long-distance relationship with M.J. who ended up moving to California to pursue her acting career, starting with attending the California Institute of the Arts. While at the same time, his life as Spider-Man has moved in a more interesting direction recently, after he encountered the expert cat burglar known in the media as “The Black Cat.”

Spider-Man caught her in the act of breaking into a mansion and stealing some diamond jewelry and other valuables. But, before he could apprehend her, Spider-Man’s earpiece that monitors police radio frequencies and media alerts, informed him that the mercenary-for-hire known as “The Beetle” was nearby, making an assassination attempt on the mayor of New York City. Spider-Man decided that was a much bigger priority than dealing with this (stunningly beautiful) cat burglar right now. He leaves the mansion and web-swings his way over to the parade where the Beetle had just fired shots at the mayor. The Black Cat was fascinated (and attracted to) Spider-Man, so she decides to follow him. Besides, she craves the adrenaline rush and excitement of a good fight or committing a crime.

Black Cat helps Spider-Man defeat the Beetle and even saves his life during the scuffle, so Spider-Man tells her he will look the other way on her cat burglar activity as long as she turns a new leaf and puts this life of crime behind her. She promises she will. She begins joining him on more and more crime-fighting missions and adventures at night, meeting up with him on rooftops and water towers. Peter grows more and more attracted to her, even as Black Cat was already smitten with Spidey. They begin a full-blown romantic affair, as Peter has let his long-distance relationship with M.J. slip away.

To pay the bills, Peter has been selling photographs and writing blog articles for J. Jonah Jameson’s “Daily Bugle” website, which, under Jameson’s influence, has turned into a right-wing leaning conspiracy theorist publication, instead of the facts-first news organization it was when Robbie Robertson was in-charge of everything. Now, after a major reshuffling of the leadership roles by the Board of Directors, Robbie is 2nd-in-command behind Jameson, and tries his best to persuade J.J.J. not publish some of the more absolutely extremely paranoid delusions that come into his mind. Jameson believes Spider-Man and all superheroes are too dangerous to be allowed to freely patrol the streets and cities, and that they require government registration / control. Robertson, on the other hand, views Spider-Man and other costumed heroes as providing a much-needed service for New York City which the police have failed to provide. Peter Parker, between failing at his relationship with M.J., spending his nights as Spider-Man and hanging out with the Black Cat, and visiting his Aunt May when possible, and studying for his college classes, Pete has little time for anyone else, but the one friend he makes a real effort to keep in touch with is Ned Leeds, who has stuck by him all these years and knows his secret identity.

At college, Peter has one mentor he trusts: Professor Otto Octavius. All the others seem mainly interested in advancing their own careers and don’t really care about Peter that much. Professor Octavius has spent years working on his scientific theory/plan to create a new automobile fuel source/energy which will 100% eliminate the need for all fossil fuels in 5-7 years. But no one will fund his research anymore after several dangerous tests left many people injured and lots of vehicles and property destroyed or badly damaged. He recently developed some mechanical tentacles so he can safely handle the substance. Peter Parker has been the only person to believe in Otto and take an interest in his work. And so, Octavius took Parker under his wing so he could mentor him in all the ways of science.

The man known as Kraven the Hunter in his public persona, was born Sergei Kravinoff. Sergei’s mother was locked away in an asylum when Kravinoff was 6 years old. Sergei’s father married someone new and had a child with her, Dmitri. When Sergei was 15, and Dmitri was 9, their father Dmitri’s mother were killed in a car accident. Kravinoff, who already didn’t like Dmitri, being the child of a different mother, now resented and despised him more, having to use his divide his time, money, and resources on looking after Dmitri, that he would have preferred to devote entirely to his life-ambition of being the greatest hunter the world has ever known.

Kraven is a proud hunter. He has always had a strong, devout, almost religious belief about the right way and wrong way of hunting/killing, and what is honorable and falls in harmony with a life of integrity and the balance of nature. (Kraven’s sense of honor is similar to that of the Klingons/Worf in Star Trek) In years past, which he refers to as “the good ol’ days,” with the help of several drugs/potions, Kraven conquered and mastered every animal in the known world, and even a few not known to mankind in general. Kraven grew bored, listless, and despondent. Looking for the next great “hunt” or “thrill,” he found his renewed purpose when he met and fell in love with Callie Ezili. That was a whole new form of “hunt.”

Callie, being younger and more tech-savvy, convinced Kraven to start a new reality TV series for YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, Facebook, etc. She helps Kraven gain a cult-like following.

The person who makes the drugs/potions for Kraven is his half-brother, Dmitri. Dmitri’s codename in the underworld is “The Chameleon,” due in part to the fact that some of his potions cause people to see visions – things transform from one image into another, and one such drug makes people witness the things they feel most guilty about. The other reason he’s called “Chameleon” is because he is well-known for being a master of disguise in his criminal activities as well as behaving in a two-faced manner, changing his allegiance and behavior whenever it suits his self-interests. Most of his life, Dmitri has been bullied and treated as a 2nd-class citizen by Kraven. Dmitri has always craved the approval and validation of his big brother.

Spider-Man first crosses Kraven’s radar when Kraven notices Spidey stealing the limelight, getting more media attention than his reality show has been getting. So Kraven starts “upping his game,” and hunting down criminals, not just animals of all varieties. Kraven’s goal is to show Spider-Man up by catching the criminals that escaped prison after Spider-Man captured and handed them over to the police. At first, Kraven was content to keep these criminals locked in a dungeon/cave at his estate house, however, Callie convinced him he had to think bigger if he wants to beat out Spider-Man’s ratings and stay relevant and trending. So they escalate to holding live streaming video events where a “trial” is held and the criminals are executed at the end of the event. Needless to say, his ratings went through the roof.

Next, Kraven and Callie hold a press conference bragging that Kraven would accomplish what Spider-Man failed to do: Track down and kill all super-villains on the loose. At this same time, Kraven first catches Spider-Man’s attention, and he vows to find and stop Kraven, yet he doesn’t know where to find him. One such super-villain, the assassin known as “The Tarantula,” decides to nip this in the bud right now. He is determined to end this threat early. He breaks into Kraven’s estate seeking to assassinate him. Instead he finds Callie there and murders her to send a message to Kraven: “Back Off!”

Kraven, on the way home, hears on the radio a report about the deadly Tarantula breaking out of Riker’s Island Prison. Kraven shakes his head, thinking to himself, “The Spider is such a stupid fool. Allowing all these criminals to escape from prison again and again. When is he going to wise up and learn how to finish the job? Doesn’t he realize letting these people live only results in more bloodshed?”

Kraven enters his home, noticing immediately that it has been broken into. He flies into a rage after the shock of seeing his beloved Callie dead on the floor, a sick warning letter placed near the body, signed by the Tarantula. Kraven vows then & there to either convince Spider-Man to see the light (and become a killer of the evil criminals), or else Spider-Man will die by his hands as retribution for him allowing the Tarantula to live and then go on to murder the love of his life.

Kraven begins to set an elaborate trap to capture Spider-Man by using innocent civilians as “bait” for Spider-Man to rescue. Kraven succeeds in capturing Spidey. He then forces him to watch a series of news reports and view newspaper article clippings of atrocities committed by criminals that Spider-Man refused to kill, but instead turned over to the justice system, and they ended up back on the streets. Finally he shows Peter a video feed of the Tarantula being hired to assassinate someone close to Spider-Man— the Black Cat. The Tarantula is unaware that it was actually Kraven the Hunter who hired him for this hit on Spidey’s girl.

Kraven lectures Spider-Man on the necessity of killing the bad guys or else they will just continue hurting more and more innocent people. He then releases Spider-Man and tells him to go “end” the threat of the Tarantula once and for all, to prevent him from ever harming the Black Cat or anyone else close to Peter. Kraven tells Spider-Man that if he refuses to kill the Tarantula, Kraven will continue to release more deadly criminals on a mission to murder the Black Cat. When he arrives on the scene, the Tarantula was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Black Cat. Tarantula always prefers physical combat rather than using guns. Tarantula has just broken Black Cat’s right leg, and stabbed her in the stomach. Spider-Man brutally beats the Tarantula, but he still refuses to kill him. Luckily the Black Cat survived — wounded but not down for the count.

Once it becomes clear that Spider-Man simply will not violate his moral code and kill someone, and it also becomes evident that this adrenaline-powered angry Spider-Man has more than enough strength to defeat the other criminals Kraven releases from his dungeon, he hatches a Plan B:

• Since Kraven had unmasked Spider-Man before, he knows his secret identity, so this time, to lure Spidey to his trap, he kidnaps Peter’s best friend, Ned Leeds. • Now he will make Spider-Man suffer for, in his mind, causing the death of Callie. • Kraven shoots a drug-tipped dart into Spider-Man’s neck; he then tells Peter why this has become personal— that the criminal he let go, the Tarantula, killed the woman he loved. • But Kraven, even in his warped state of mind, has a sense of honor and pride, so, he lets Ned Leeds go free, and says “This is between you and I, Spider-Man.” • Kraven’s plan is to prove his superiority and make Spider-Man suffer at the same time, so he decides to bury the drugged Spidey alive in a grave on his property. • Kraven then steals his costume and becomes “The Spider.” He has become so psychologically unstable that he is now eating live spiders, because he wants to become “one with the spider’s essence.” • Kraven, in Spider-Man’s costume, goes out into the city and begins murdering criminals, villains, bad guys in cold blood.

The police initiate a full manhunt for the rogue Spider-Man. J. Jonah Jameson’s Daily Bugle blog and podcast is having a field day with this. In his eyes, it is vindication for all the years he has warned people on the threat and menace of the evil Spider-Man.

Spider-Man is buried down there for two weeks. The only reasons he is still alive are the combination of his powers and the strange drugs he was given by Kraven. Those drugs cause Spidey to see horrible night terrors and hallucinations while he is down there, and he can’t stop obsessing and feeling guilt over the Tarantula killing Kraven’s lover, and all the other bad things done by the criminals he didn’t kill. Meanwhile, Peter’s Aunt May, Ned Leeds, the Black Cat, and even J. Jonah Jameson, are worried sick about Peter Parker, since they don’t have any idea where he is.

When he finally claws his way through to the top of the grave, he sees in the news that the police are on a citywide manhunt for the murderous “Spider,” and it dawns on him that Kraven must’ve taken his place and used his costume — ruining his reputation by killing in his name.

Spider-Man knows he needs to get help to deal with these powerful drugs still in his system and the PTSD he’s suffering from due to being buried alive, and he won’t be any good tracking down Kraven until he gets better. He turns to his mentor, Professor Otto Octavius, to help with the drugs and PTSD. He confides in Otto his true identity as Spider-Man, proving it by climbing the walls in front of him, and shooting out a web-line. He develops an antidote for Peter, and then surprises him with some weaponry / gadgets that may help in his fight against Kraven the Spider.

Spider-Man dons another costume he had, a black one, and he is now the hunter. He uses electronic tracking devices given to him by Octavius, to assist in finding Kraven. He confronts Kraven at the Ravencroft Institute, where the unstable Kraven was just about to release every person from their cells so he could hunt and kill each one, still wearing Spider-Man’s costume. There is a long and ferocious battle. Spider-Man prevails. The once-proud Kraven has been defeated. Unwilling to acknowledge this dishonor, and at the same time, still boasting about being superior because he buried him alive and took his place, and had the nerve to finish the job, Kraven pulls out a handgun and kills himself. The world at large still believes Spider-Man committed all those murders. J. Jonah Jameson uses his blog to influence the public to be riled up with anti-superhero hysteria and this ends with Congress passing laws requiring government registration and licensing of all superhero activity. Spider-Man is still an outlaw, on the run from the police due to being framed by Kraven.

During the time he was buried, Peter realized his true love is M.J., not Black Cat, or anyone else. He has decided to make up and restore his relationship with M.J., so he goes to pay Black Cat a visit and has a heart-to-heart conversation with her, explaining how he feels about M.J., and also that he feels guilty about Black Cat’s injuries since she doesn’t have super powers, and he doesn’t think it would be safe for her to hang out around him anymore while fighting crime.

End-Credit Scene 1:

We see Dmitri watching from a distance as he witnesses Kraven die in battle with Spider-Man. From his vantage point, he couldn’t see that Kraven had actually committed suicide. Instead Dmitri blames Spider-Man and vows revenge.

End-Credit Scene 2:

Professor Otto Octavius had kept some samples of Kraven’s drugs and Peter’s blood, to do further secret scientific research on, out of his insatiable curiosity, and also perhaps to somehow aid him in his creation of the alternative fuel source he has been trying to master for so long. But, when he is using his tentacles to perform tests, the drugs and blood have an unexpected reaction with the fuel source, causing a huge explosion. We see a shadowy figure wake up in a hospital bed, looking up at the TV screen and seeing Spider-Man. The last thing we see is him saying “Curse you Spider-Man!”