The release dates of several of Sony's new projects (which include a Garfield film among its Marvel fare) have been delayed. Additionally, the company has announced production on a new Karate Kid film, which will return that franchise to the big screen.
Sony has been ramping up its efforts in its Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) initiative, which it hopes to build up alongside its partnership with Marvel Studios. Though some of its efforts, such as Morbius,have flopped, it has continued to produce its own spin-offs centering around Spider-Man characters even as Tom Holland's Spider-Man is set in a different cinematic universe (Earth-19999, or Earth-616 as has been stated recently). Still, the success of films such as Spider-Man: No Way Home (which received a push at the Academy Awards last year), and the success of Cobra Kai on Netflix, have influenced some of Sony Pictures' next moves.
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As recently announced via Sony Pictures, films such as Kraven the Hunter (starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kraven the Hunter) and Madame Web (starring Dakota Johnson as Madame Web and Sydney Sweeney in a mystery role) have been pushed back. Originally premiering on January 13, 2023, Kraven the Hunter (which will be screened in IMAX) is now releasing on October 6, 2023. Madame Web (also to screen in IMAX) was originally going to premiere in the October 6, 2023, release slot, and has now been pushed back to February 16, 2024. An Untitled Sony/Marvel Universe project was also originally set to drop on June 7, 2024, and has now been slightly pushed back to July 12, 2024.
Fans of The Karate Kid should be happy as well, because a new film, described as «the return of the original Karate
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