007 rumours have been rife as fans speculate who might be the next actor to play Bond.
A major frontrunner has been Taylor-Johnson, 34, whose action-packed flicks have made him a favourite among the bookies.
Fans who might want to see a little more from this potential Bond won’t have to wait long as it has been announced that Kraven the Hunter – a film he stars in from 2024 – it set to launch on Netflix.
The film focuses on a Spiderman villain, Sergei Kravinoff (Taylor-Johnson), who has a complex relationship with his gangster father, Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell Crowe), who starts him on a path to find revenge which has brutal – and action-packed – consequences.
The characters in the film were created by comic book creator Stan Lee and Steve Ditko during the original run of Marvel’s flagship The Amazing Spider-Man comic series.
The film flopped at the box office, earning less than $60 million (£47.6 million) worldwide against a reported $110 million (£87.3 million) production budget.
Kraven was the third film released by Sony Pictures Entertainment within the Spiderman Universe. This includes Madame Web and Venom: The Last Dance, which were both released in 2024.
Some of the criticism for the film suggested that viewers were oversaturated with Spiderman blockbuster spin-offs in a very short space of time.
The film is extremely divisive, with a 16% ranking from critics on Rotten Tomatoes but a respectable 73% score from audiences.
Peter Bradshaw gave it two stars for The Guardian and commented: ‘Crowe’s safari-going Russian oligarch is the main redeeming feature of this Spider-Man-adjacent tale but there’s not much to like elsewhere.’
Owen Gleiberman said for Variety: ‘I’ve seen much worse comic-book movies than Kraven the Hunter, but maybe the best way to sum up my feelings about the film is to confess that I didn’t stay to see if there was a post-credits teaser.’
Allison Willmore said for The New York Magazine: ‘”A movie no one asked for” isn’t criticism so much as it’s a clear-eyed assessment of Kraven the Hunter’s fundamental issue.’
‘Richard Wenk, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway’s script is profoundly scattered, and there’s such a ruthless amount of re-recorded dialogue inserted that there’s little cohesion between or even within scenes,’ said Clarisse Loughery for The Independent.
In an interview with The Guardian, Taylor-Johnson spoke about being proud of the film.
‘I feel like there is a groundedness to the movie that we really wanted, to be realistic and gritty. It is a gangster story with Russell Crowe and it’s got a lot of depth and weight to it.’
He added: ‘There’s a journey and a story that I feel we’ve given agency to. I’m really excited to share that.’
Kraven the Hunter launches on Netflix on March 13.
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