It puzzled many when it was announced that J.C. Chandor would be directing “Kraven the Hunter” — a surprising choice for a filmmaker who was once in Cannes competition. ‘Kraven’, based on the Marvel Comics character, ended up having its trailer overwhelmingly mocked on social media.
Chandor has the potential to become a major filmmaker. His first three films, “Margin Call,” “All is Lost” and, especially, “A Most Violent Year” were all impressive. I even liked his fourth one, the underrated “Triple Frontier,” which was met with mixed reviews.
Here’s some great news. Chandor is going back to his roots and is set to write and direct a new untitled “contemporary drama” for Sony Pictures. It’s being touted as his next directorial effort. The first draft of the script is done, and a cast is already circling the project.
Deadline describes Chandor’s new film as being thematically similar to “Margin Call” and “A Most Violent Year,” in terms of the polemics of capitalism. The plot is said to revolve around the investigation of a death in a moneyed dynastic family, and is being compared to “Succession” and “Erin Brockovich”