A Sony Pictures has postponed two of its biggest releases scheduled for the coming months.
Kraven: The Hunter left the date of August 29th, changing it to December 13th, date previously scheduled for the debut of the new version of Karate Kid. Now, the martial arts film, with Jackie Chan It is Ralph Macchio will come out in May 30, 2025.
This is not the first postponement of Kravenas the film was postponed by practically a year, leaving from 2023 to the second half of 2024. There is still no news whether the changes will affect the release of Venom: The Last Danceand, marked for October 25.
The studio also announced new releases, such as horror They Listenin partnership with Blumhouse, which premieres in August 30, 2024. Furthermore, the mix of animation and live-action Animal Friendswith Jason Momoa, Ryan Reynolds It is Aubrey Plazawill come out in August 15, 2025.
Kraven: The Hunter It will be rated for adults and may contain more explicit scenes of violence and swearing. One of the scenes shown in CinemaCon 2023 shows the character biting off a person’s nose, as we saw during the panel:
Kraven the Hunter will be directed by JC Chandor (Operação Fronteira, The Most Violent Year) and hits theaters on October 5th. Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk are the screenwriters.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kickass, Avengers: Age of Ultron) will be the titular character, while Alessandro Nivola will play Rhino. Ariana DeBose, Levi Miller, Fred Hechinger, Christopher AbbottIt is Russell Crowe are also in the cast.
The new Karate Kid film will bring together stars from two different eras of the film franchise. In an announcement on social media, Ralph Macchio It is Jackie Chan confirmed that they will star in the new film.
While still a teenager, Ralph Macchio played Daniel LaRusso, protagonist of the original trilogy of films, released between 1984 and 1989 in theaters. Chan was the caretaker Han, master of young Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) on reboot Karate Kid2010.
Filming for the film should take place between March and June 2024.
Announced in September 2022, Karate Kid will return to the original franchise to continue its story. This, however, is already happening (including with the same actors) in Cobra Kai, Netflix series. This led some to believe that the feature film would be a sequel to the series, but this will not be the case, as confirmed by the series’ producer, Jon Hurtiz.
