Kraven the Hunter is slated to debut in theaters in December 2024. A new trailer for the movie dropped today, August 14, and it gives the first official look at the film’s iteration of the Rhino, a classic Spider-Man villain.
New Kraven the Hunter trailer shows Rhino in pants
The new Kraven the Hunter trailer shows Rhino in trousers after his transformation. Alessandro Nivola, known for his roles in films such as Mansfield Park (1999) and Jurassic Park III (2001), portrays Aleksei Sytsevich / The Rhino in the movie. Aleksei is reportedly a Russian mercenary. We see bits and pieces of his transformation throughout the trailer before he completely transitions into the Rhino in the final part of the trailer and proceeds to wreak havoc.
Check out the trailer here:
Kraven the Hunter tells the story of Sergei Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a big-game hunter who gains superhuman abilities and a longer lifespan after he is exposed to a magical serum. The film focuses on the complex relationship between Sergei and his father, Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell Crowe).
The cast of Kraven the Hunter also includes Ariana DeBose as Calypso, Fred Hechinger as The Chameleon, and Christopher Abbott as The Foreigner. Levi Miller portrays a younger version of Sergei. The film is based on the eponymous character from Marvel Comics. J. C. Chandor (Triple Frontier) directed the movie from a screenplay by Richard Wenk, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway, who developed the script from a story by Wenk.
Previously, an iteration of the Rhino appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), with Paul Giamatti portraying the character. This version has connections to the Russian mafia and attempts to steal plutonium from Oscorp. However, Spider-Man ultimately orchestrates his incarceration. Earlier, Giamatti revealed that the character would have returned in the canceled third entry in the Amazing Spider-Man film series. And now, over a decade since his last live-action appearance, the Rhino will return to the big screen, albeit depicted by a different actor.
