But thats the thing, all of the iconic imagery from Last Hunt is Black Suit. Not to mention Kraven takes over for Spidey using the symbiote. That's where the story comes from. And Spidey does get pretty symbiote-crazy in that arc. Maybe not as much as others, but definitely pretty brutal.
It doesn't sound like you want Kraven's Last Hunt. But rather just some other Kraven story.
Although I think Kraven's Last Hunt would be a decent storyline, any black suit story for TASM would need to be a three parter to be good. First you would need the whole Symbiote story, which could take place during another story (such as Kraven), then you would need the Venom story, and then finally Carnage.
The idea of the symbiote bonding with Kraven instead of Brock would not be good. Personally I would like to see Spidey get the suit and have it for the duration of a full movie before dealing with it. Maybe even not realizing that it is alive for that entire movie, just that it gives him extra strength and web without shooters. Instead of the whole secret wars thing, or even the meteor story, maybe have it as a "material" that Peter finds in Doc Ock's lab, or Green Goblin's lab, something like that...
In this whole "think bigger" concept, I think we're going to great places. But here are some questions to think about...
- Is Webb & Co. looking at just the 4 movies, or the "bigger picture" of an ongoing universe?
- If it is the bigger universe, wouldn't some of these characters be better as the main focus of a story?
- For example, wouldn't a story focused on some Vegas or NY illusionist who fell from grace turning to crime (Mysterio) be worthy of it's own story, with secondary storylines (of course)?
- Wouldn't the whole symbiote, Venom and Carnage stories be worth 2-3 movies?
To me, if this is just 4 movies, then I think this all makes sense:
1. TASM1 - origin story of Spiderman, introduce the daddy story and Oscorp, give some general info about Osborn. Go with the whole Gwen love stry arc. Need someone to die... Detective Stacy.
2. Focus on Electro and Rhino with a little Toomes and Osborn/Goblin. Continue to develop the Gwen/Peter love thing and the guilt he has about betraying his promise. Again, we'll need someone to die. If it's not going to be Gwen until #3, then who? Will Electro be killed off? Would Rhino be killed off? Someone must die for the power of the story to come through (someone always dies). So who will it be if it's not Gwen until #3?
3. This one will be all about Green Goblin. Gwen will die in this one, and Goblin may as well at the finale. Of course Mary Jane would be introduced here. Who else would be the supporting villains? I could see Doc Ock, as an Oscorp Scientist (Ultimate Spiderman story) be used here. Doc Ock might escape, while Goblin dies. This would set up #4.
4. Doc Ock, being humiliated in #3 forms the Sinister Six, knowing that it will take more than just he to rid them of Spiderman. He breaks some of the members out of prison where Spiderman put them. He could also hire/convince other members to get us to the needed six. Hiring the greatest hunter the world has ever seen for his greatest hunt would fit here. But so too would hiring one of the best cat burglers to steal information, or something. This could be a way to bring the Black Cat into the story. Of course if it is th Black Cat she would see the error of her ways and switch sides, very similarly to Catwoman in Rises...
So in other words, to figure out who might make it as part of the Sinister Six in TASM4 (if that is where we are going) I think we need to figure out who will die in each movie (someone always dies), so we can determine which villains are still alive, and then go for there.
So simply, who will die in TASM2?
My best guess is if it's not Gwen until #3 (I think this was recently changed by Webb & Co.) then Electro is going to die.