Ariana DeBose Joins Sony Pictures ‘Kraven the Hunter’ as Calypso

News March 1, 2022 2:10 pm Caleb Williams

Today, Deadline announced that actress Ariana DeBose has joined the cast of Sony Pictures Kraven the Hunter. Ariana DeBose is best known for her breakout role in last year’s West Side Story which garnered her an Oscar nomination. She will play the Marvel characters version of Calypso. Last year we had heard Jodie Smith-Turner was in the running for the role but never was offered. She joins Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Fred Hechinger as Kraven and Chameleon. J.C. Chandor will direct the film which starts production soon. The film will be set within the Sony-Marvel universe alongside Venom, Morbius, and Madame Web.

Kraven the Hunter hits theaters January 13, 2023

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Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media. Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

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