At One Point Every Draft of the SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Script Featured Kraven the Hunter

Early on in the development process of Spider-Man: No Way Home there were reports that the script for the film involved the introduction of Kraven the Hunter. Well, it turns out those reports were correct. In fact, at one point during the development process, every script that was written featured the classic Spider-Man villain.

This bit of info came from writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers during an interview with The Wrap. McKenna revealed, "I don't think there's been a draft of any of the Spider-Man movies where Kraven the Hunter [wasn't the villain].” Sommers added, “Kraven is cool, he's got the fur and the thing."

As for why they ended up changing the direction of the story, we can thank Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige for planting that seed. McKenna shared:

"Before the whole idea of this movie, there were other ideas. Because we don't come with any ideas, we all sat at the table once the ink was drying with the Sony/Marvel deal, and all we had was, we ended the movie, the last movie with Peter's identity being spoiled by Mysterio, and that was our jumping-off point because at least we could cling to that.

"OK, we know that we're dealing with the fallout from that, what would happen? That led us down different story roads that were not this story. And then, I think, I don't know if it was Kevin's idea, the idea of doing something with the other villains and teasing at the very end of this, almost in a tag, was floated."

I was actually excited about seeing Kraven the Hunter being introduced to hunt down Spider-Man! I love that storyline, but of course, I loved what we ended up getting. Regardless, we do have a Kraven movie coming to look forward to starring Aaron Taylor Johnson. I just want to see Spider-Man involved with that in some way. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what they end up delivering.