As more casting details for Sony's Morbius. While these are the only films that technically fall under Sony's Spider-Man Universe for now, there are many points of connection to the MCU to consider.
The MCU is growing its own Phase 4 multiverse, but also ties into Sony's because of their shared hero, Spider-Man. Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thus, the clarifying and consolidating process that No Way Home attempted is far from complete, and the connections that have been made so far are tenuous at best.
Adding to this confusion is the fact that two MCU actors will be ing the Sony Spider-Man Universe in different roles in the Kraven film. While Keaton's character, Adrian Toomes, appears to be much the same in both the MCU and Sony's universe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe will play Kraven characters that are entirely separate from their existing MCU personas. Taylor-Johnson, who plays Quicksilver in Thor: Love and Thunder, has an unspecified role.
With all the Spider-Man movies after No Way Home, both MCU and Sony, the two studios already have their work cut out for them keeping the various timelines and universes straight. Some characters have been able to appear in multiple contexts through reasonable explanation, such as Dr. Strange's spell in No Way Home, which brought all 3 iterations of Peter Parker together and justified Eddie Brock's universe jump from the Venom: Let There Be Carnage credit scene. However, whatever connections have been made seem to be invalidated by Kraven's casting choices. Because there's no known reason for Pietro Maximoff and Kraven the Hunter to be the same person within an intersecting multiverse, Taylor-Johnson's dual roles add more confusion to the question of how connected the MCU and the Sony Spider-Man Universe really are.
Kraven the Hunter is a much-anticipated Marvel character to come from page to screen, and there was even an initial plan to use Kraven as a villain in No Way Home. Thus, it's even possible that the MCU will introduce its own version of the character separate from Sony's at some point. This could be useful in the long run to distract from the strangeness of Taylor-Johnson's double Marvel casting, but the fact remains that as of now, the MCU/Sony connection needs to be managed more carefully to avoid alienating and confusing viewers of both franchises. While films like No Way Home and potentially Morbius are trying to smooth this seam, it looks like Kraven the Hunter might complicate more than clarify.
