'Kraven the Hunter' Trailer Shows Off Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Killer ...

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson is in no mood to make friends in the new trailer for Sony Pictures‘ Kraven the Hunter.

The studio released the promo at midnight for director J.C. Chandor‘s feature about the titular Marvel Comics character. Hitting theaters Dec. 13, the film also stars Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe.

Kraven the Hunter centers on the Spider-Man villain who debuted in the comics in 1964. The film follows Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff, who is left for dead by his hunter father (Crowe) after a lion attack. The animal’s bite then appears to give superpowers to Sergei, who becomes known as Kraven the Hunter and uses violence to protect the animal kingdom.

“My father puts evil into the world,” Taylor-Johnson says in the film’s first trailer that debuted last summer. “I take it out.”

The movie’s previous trailer ended with a tease revealing Alessandro Nivola, who is set to play Aleksei Sytsevich, aka the Rhino. In the new clip, we see more of Nivola and briefly see Rhino taking on Kraven on what looks like the African savannah.

The new trailer, which is set to a stripped down version of Johnny Cash’s “The Man Comes Around,” amps up the action and gore, and we also see a shirtless Taylor-Johnson show off his impressive physique.

Chandor directed the film from a script by Richard Wenk, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and David Householter serve as producers.

Kraven the Hunter marks a new entry in the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters. It joins such projects as Madame Web, which underperformed at the box office when it hit theaters in February, and Venom: The Last Dance, set for release Oct. 25.

During an interview earlier this year with Rolling Stone U.K., Taylor-Johnson explained why Kraven the Hunter appealed to him.

“I think there was something unique about this character and something grounded,” he said at the time. The Fall Guy actor added that he thinks the public is tired of certain studio films “where they’re churning out stuff that dilutes wanting to go to the cinema. I wouldn’t have signed onto it if I felt there wasn’t something to really bring to life with this character.”