Kraven The Hunter Finds Its Calypso In West Side Story Star Ariana DeBose

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West Side Story breakout star Ariana DeBose looks to take the mantle of Calypso in the upcoming Sony Pictures Marvel film Kraven the Hunter. DeBose is fresh off her Oscar-nominated performance on Steven Spielberg's musical feature and looks to be directing her focus toward the Spider-Man cinematic universe as her next endeavor.

Kraven the Hunter will take place in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, which already includes Tom Hardy's Venom and Jared Leto's Morbius. Kraven the Hunter was ushered onto the scene in Marvel comic books as a pernicious antagonist to Spider-Man, driven by his need to solidify himself as the best hunter in the world, which pushed the character to ingest a serum, providing super strength and increased stamina abilities. Kraven became obsessed with the web-slinging hero because of the challenge he presented for the glorified hunter. The upcoming film, however, will follow the pattern of the previous Sony outings, centering its focus around the character's origin story.

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Deadline reports DeBose will play the voodoo priestess Calypso, who exploits magic potions and plays the role of antagonist to Spider-Man. In addition, she is a sporadic partner and on-and-off lover of Kraven, which the film will likely explore as a component of the character's origin. The film's premise is relatively unknown, but it looks to present a humanized villain that the audiences will find equally intriguing and revolting. The picture should become clear as more elements surrounding the film fall into place, but the casting of DeBose highlights the addition of an added emotional component. It will be interesting to see how Sony handles the complicated