Sony's slate of Spider-Man villain spinoffs has been a creative and commercial debacle. Barring the first two instalments of Venom, starring Tom Hardy, Sony has failed to introduce a product that justifies the existence of its universe in parallel with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Vinciquerra, 70, spoke about the movies during an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Thursday, and admitted that the Aaron Taylor-Johnson-starring Marvel flick “Kraven the Hunter” is “probably the worst launch we had” in his nearly eight year tenure Sony.

"For some reason, the press decided that they didn’t want us making these films out of 'Kraven' and 'Madame Web,' and the critics just destroyed them."

Outgoing Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra has claimed Madame Web fared poorly at the box office “because the press just crucified it”. Vinciquerra, who is stepping down on 2 January, insisted that the superhero film starring Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney wasn’t bad at all.

Kraven the Hunter has followed Madame Web’s footsteps at the box office!The CEO of Sony Pictures, Tony Vinciquerra, has finally broken his silence over the embarrassing failure of Dakota Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s

As he prepares to depart from Sony Pictures, CEO Tony Vinciquerra seemed to have few, if any, regrets about his seven-year run as studio head. That includes this year's pair of "Spider-Man" spinoff bombs,

Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra recently told the Los Angeles Times that “Kraven the Hunter” is “probably the worst launch we had” in the nearly eight years he’s been at the studio, adding: “I still don't understand,

In a recent interview, Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra came to the defense of Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

No one wants to end a seven-and-a-half-year run at a major Hollywood studio with an all-timer dud… but, unfortunately, Sony Pictures put out Kraven the Hunter just a few short weeks before CEO Tony Vinciquerra’s last day on the job.