With Kraven the Hunter less than two weeks until the cinema release after ticket sales began last FridayWe were expecting Sony Pictures to release one final trailer for the Marvel Comics adaptation.

Instead, the studio just dropped the first 8 minutes of the film!

This is an unprecedented move and an approach that is typically only used when a major blockbuster hits digital platforms. Apparently Sony wants to give fans a better idea of ​​what to expect from Kraven’s long-awaited live-action debut, and there’s plenty of action and gore in this action-packed sneak peek.

In the preview, we follow Kraven as he is taken to prison, where he violently takes out some gangsters. Aaron Taylor-Johnson has clearly brushed up on his Russian for these scenes, and the hunter easily escapes after demonstrating the superpowers that make him more than just human.

The extended clip ends with us learning that Kraven cleverly killed one of the prisoners and took his place, although it’s not clear how he knew he could copy that neck tattoo.

Is this a desperate move by Sony or a clever way to convince fans of a film they clearly have little interest in? Morbius And Madam Web? That’s up for debate, but the opening weekend box office numbers will answer the question one way or another (The initial forecasts are bleak to say the least).

You can watch the first 8 minutes Kraven the Hunter in the player below.

Kraven the Hunter is the action-packed, R-rated standalone story of how one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Kraven, a man whose complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell Crowe) leads him down a path of revenge with brutal consequences and motivates him to not only become the world’s greatest hunter, but also also one of the most feared.

Directed by JC Chandor from a story by Richard Wenk and a screenplay by Richard Wenk and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, Kraven the Hunter is based on the Marvel comics and is produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and David Householter.

The cast is led by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe.

Kraven the Hunter hits theaters on December 13th.