10 Things 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Absolutely Must Deliver

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Published Jul 26, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT

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With Spider-Man: Brand New Day just around the corner, Spider-Man fans and casual audiences alike are beyond excited to see what could happen in the new entry in Tom Holland's iconic franchise. With how large a departure it is taking from the previous three movies, there's a lot of potential for what could come to pass in the fourth film.

It's already clear, thanks to the trailers, that Spider-Man: Brand New Day is taking big steps forward in the series by finally bringing Scorpion (Michael Mando) into the fold — after being teased a whopping nine years ago at the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming — and having Peter Parker team up with Punisher (Jon Bernthal). However, there are many other things that people are hoping to see in the 2026 sure-to-be-smash-hit before it releases in a few days.

1 Plenty of Villain Appearances

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It's already pretty well-known that there's going to be a montage at the top of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, recapping the last four years of the young hero's life since the ending of Spider-Man: No Way Home. This is going to be where characters like Boomerang and Tarantula — seen in the first two trailers — make their short appearances.

If director Destin Daniel Cretton is going to be covering such a large amount of time since the last installment, this is the perfect chance to reference more niche and classic Spidey villains from his long-running mythology. Villains that will most likely never get the main spotlight should find their 15 seconds of fame here, like Beetle, Cardiac, heck, even the infamous Big Wheel. This would make Spider-Man: Brand New Day kick off with an incredibly strong and jaw-dropping start.

2 Great Spider-Man/Punisher Moments

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Tom Holland has gone on record, in an interview with the Empire State Building (as wild as it sounds), describing Spider-Man and Punisher's relationship in the new flick, saying, "It changed a lot. It evolved a lot as we were shooting, because Jon and I would improvise. It started as this relationship of two people who kind of hate each other, I guess, and as we started improvising, it became this kind of big brother/little brother rivalry. It might be my favorite dynamic I've ever seen with Spider-Man."

With this in mind, audiences have got to see plenty of great Spider-Man and Punisher moments. To only have The Punisher in a very small portion of the film, with Holland teasing a relationship of this caliber, would be a massive disservice. With how different the two of them are, there's potential for a phenomenal dynamic here, and it could add a lot to Peter Parker's character arc in the movie. Don't let us down, guys!

3 More Than One Hulk Fight

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With it finally revealed — after being speculated and rumored for quite some time — that Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) is going to have an antagonistic role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and that the two heroes will be fighting, everyone wants to make sure we see enough of exactly that. What would be a true shame is giving Hulk and Spider-Man an amazing battle and not truly utilizing the opportunity.

Realistically, if Hulk is going to take on Spider-Man, he's going to absolutely whoop his behind first. The Wall-Crawler is a hero who adapts and is super smart, so it would make sense that Peter would lose his first fight with the not-so-jolly green giant and come back for a second one a lot more ready. This also allows the crew behind the movie to craft another phenomenal action sequence for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Web-Slinger.

Collider Exclusive · Marvel Personality Quiz Which MCU Hero Are You? Spider-Man · Daredevil · Iron Man · Punisher · Thor · Cap

Six heroes. One destiny. Answer 10 questions to discover which Marvel Cinematic Universe hero shares your personality, values, and fighting spirit. Will you swing, fly, or thunder your way to glory?

🕷️Spider-Man

😈Daredevil

🤖Iron Man

💀Punisher

⚡Thor

🛡️Cap

FIND YOUR HERO →

What drives you to do what's right? Choose the answer that feels most like you.

AWith great power comes great responsibility — I protect those who can't protect themselves. BMy faith and my conscience — I believe justice must be served, even in the dark. CLegacy and ego, honestly — but I've learned that others depend on me now. DThe system failed. Someone has to make sure the guilty actually pay. EDuty to the innocent and honour to my name — I was born to protect realms. FThe values I was raised with — freedom, decency, and never backing down from a bully.

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It's 2 AM. Where are you? Your answer says more about you than you'd think.

ASwinging between skyscrapers, keeping an eye on the neighbourhood. BRunning rooftops in Hell's Kitchen, listening for trouble. CIn my lab, upgrading my suit with a cold cup of coffee nearby. DStaking out a target I've been tracking for three weeks. ESomewhere between the stars, or at a feast that got out of hand. FOn a morning run — I was up at 4, actually. Couldn't sleep.

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How do you handle a villain who keeps escaping justice? Every hero has a method. What's yours?

AWeb them up and leave them for the police — again. BBuild an airtight case and dismantle their entire operation from the inside. CDeploy a containment system I designed specifically for them. Tech wins. DMake sure they don't escape a third time. Permanently. EChallenge them to single combat. Honour demands a decisive end. FRally allies, adapt the plan, and bring them in — by the book, even if it's hard.

NEXT QUESTION →

How do you feel about keeping a secret identity? The mask — or the lack of one — says everything.

AEssential — my loved ones would be in danger if anyone found out who I am. BCritical — the mask protects my mission as much as my face. COverrated — I announced myself to the world and I'd do it again. DI'm a ghost. The less people know about me, the better. EMy name is known across the Nine Realms. There's no hiding it. FI don't hide — but I understand why some need to. Transparency builds trust.

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You've lost someone important because of your heroism. How do you carry that? Every hero pays a price. The question is how they pay it.

AWith guilt that never fully goes away — it pushes me to do better, every single day. BI channel it into purpose — their memory is the reason I keep fighting. CI buried myself in work for years. I'm only recently learning to face it. DIt transformed me completely. I'm not the same person I was before. EWith warrior's grief — I honour them by fighting with everything I have. FI keep moving forward. Stopping means letting the loss win.

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What's your role when working with a team? Who you are under pressure is who you actually are.

AThe enthusiastic wildcard who somehow makes it work — and keeps the mood up. BThe strategist who works best alone but shows up when it matters most. CThe one who funds it, equips it, and occasionally takes over the whole operation. DI don't do teams. I'm more effective operating solo, on my terms. EThe heavy hitter — I crash in, draw fire, and turn the tide of battle. FThe leader — I earn trust, build the plan, and make sure no one gets left behind.

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Where do you draw the line between justice and revenge? The answer defines what kind of hero you really are.

AClearly — I don't kill, and I wrestle with that line constantly. BI try to hold the line, but I've come terrifyingly close to crossing it. CPractically — I do what's necessary to protect people, including hard calls. DI crossed that line long ago. What I do is justice — the system just won't admit it. EIn battle, victory is justice. Mercy is earned — not automatic. FFirmly. The moment we abandon our principles, we become what we fight against.

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When you're not saving the world, what does life look like? The person behind the mask is always the more interesting story.

ATrying to juggle school, a part-time job, and not failing my friends. BWorking as a lawyer by day, fighting for justice in court and on the streets. CRunning a global company, attending galas, and pretending I'm sleeping enough. DQuiet. Isolated. Surviving with a clear mission and no distractions. ENavigating a bizarre and fascinating mortal world — coffee is extraordinary. FAdapting to a world decades ahead of everything I knew. Quietly, stubbornly.

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What keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you're honest about what you're actually afraid of.

AThe people I couldn't save — and the ones I might not reach in time tomorrow. BWhether the monster I fight every night is starting to live inside me too. CThe threats I can see coming and whether my tech is actually good enough. DNothing. Silence is the only peace I get. I've made my choices. EWhether I'm truly worthy — of the hammer, of the throne, of the people I protect. FA world where no one stands up anymore. Where good people do nothing.

NEXT QUESTION →

The battle is lost. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and exhausted. What do you do? This is your tiebreaker — choose carefully.

ACrack a joke to buy a second, then find the one web shot that changes everything. BBlock out everything except the sound of the next threat — and keep going. CActivate the emergency protocol I built for exactly this scenario. Always have a plan. DI don't accept that it's lost. I keep fighting until I physically cannot anymore. ECall the lightning. All of it. The storm answers to me. FPick up the shield. Stand up. Because as long as I can stand, it's not over.

REVEAL MY HERO →

Your Hero Has Been Identified Your MCU Hero Is…

Based on your answers, the Marvel hero who matches your spirit, values, and instincts has been revealed.

🕷️ Spider-Man

You carry the weight of the world on shoulders that are younger than they should have to be — funny, loyal, and endlessly self-sacrificing.

You do the right thing not because it's easy, but because no one else will.
You understand that responsibility isn't a burden you choose — it's one that finds you.
Whether it's a neighbourhood mugging or a multiverse crisis, you show up.
Peter Parker's lesson — that great power demands great responsibility — isn't a slogan to you. It's the code you live by, even when it costs you everything.

😈 Daredevil

You fight in the shadows between law and chaos, guided by a fierce moral compass that refuses to let the guilty walk free.

You use every tool available — your mind, your body, your faith — to protect those the system overlooks.
You've looked into the darkness and chosen not to become it, though the line has never been easy.
Matt Murdock's duality — champion in the courtroom, devil in the alley — mirrors your own.
Relentless, conflicted, and unwilling to stop. That is exactly you.

🤖 Iron Man

Brilliant, driven, and occasionally insufferable — but always the person who solves the unsolvable problem.

You lead with your mind and back it up with resources, innovation, and a stubbornness that borders on heroic.
You started out looking out for yourself, but somewhere along the way the world became your responsibility.
Tony Stark's arc — from ego to sacrifice — is your arc too.
You build, you plan, and when the moment comes, you're willing to give everything. Because in the end, you're Iron Man.

💀 The Punisher

You've been through fire that would break most people — and it did change you, completely. What's left is unyielding, relentless, and operating by a code forged in grief.

You don't ask for forgiveness, and you don't expect gratitude.
You see a corrupt, broken world and you've decided to do something about it, consequences be damned.
Frank Castle's war is born from love twisted by loss — and so is yours.
Uncompromising and unflinching — the world may not agree with your methods, but your conviction is absolute.

⚡ Thor

Powerful, proud, and on a lifelong journey to become worthy of the legend you carry.

You lead with strength but have learned — sometimes painfully — that true greatness comes from humility and growth.
You're larger than life, yet more vulnerable than you let on.
Thor's story is one of transformation: from arrogant prince to worthy king, from isolated warrior to beloved protector.
You bring the storm when it's needed — and the warmth when it matters just as much.

🛡️ Captain America

You believe in something bigger than yourself — and you fight for it even when the world has moved on and nobody else will.

You don't bully the small guy, and you never stop when it gets hard.
Steve Rogers didn't become a hero when he got the serum — he was always one. So were you.
Your strength isn't in your fists; it's in your refusal to compromise what's right, no matter the cost.
In a world full of people taking the easy road, you're the one who picks up the shield and stands up — every single time.

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4 Consequences With Ned Leeds and MJ

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Yes, there are some clear consequences for Peter Parker when it comes to Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) and Michelle Jones-Watson (Zendaya) in that he's lost them after erasing himself from their memories. However, there should really be some more to allow the conflict of him coming into contact with them again to really sell and have even more of an impact.

There's an absurd amount of dramatic potential in the chance that the fact they no longer remember Peter, but remember that they were friends of Spider-Man and potentially knew who he was, and that's messing with their heads. The idea of the young man seeing how much what he did actually screwed with them — borderline taking away some of their own agency in their lives, if one thinks about it — could add so much guilt to his journey of seeing them again.

5 Daredevil

BORN AGAIN, Charlie Cox, as Daredevil / Matt Murdock, 'The Scales & the Sword', (Season 2, ep. 203, aired: March 31, 2026). photo: Jojo Whilden /©Disney+/Marvel Studios /Courtesy Everett Collection

One of the fans' favorite pairings in Marvel Comics is, without a doubt, Spider-Man and Daredevil. With the MCU Daredevil (Charlie Cox) now in prison, and there being a prison fight scene featuring The Hand of all villains — a predominantly Daredevil-related villain group — there's a chance that he's somehow in the film, and boy, are people hyped at the idea of it.

Folks all over the internet are hoping to see Cox make a cameo in the prison as his iconic role, and the chances of it happening are genuinely higher than some would think. The idea of seeing Spider-Man and Daredevil team up is an incredible opportunity to make fans extremely excited and rewarded, with it still making sense within the context of the movie.

6 Lots of Web Swinging

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Something that fans have noted over the years of Holland's trilogy is that there are not as many big web-swinging sequences as in Sam Raimi and Marc Webb's franchises. That fans praised the heavens that they finally got a final swing sequence in Spider-Man: Far From Home is proof in the pudding.

There seems to be some cool web swinging in the tank chase sequence in the trailers, but it would be such a treat for Holland to finally get some real, large, spectacle swing sequences like back in the Raimi days. A final swing specifically would be having fans cheering in theaters all over the world, reminiscent of Spider-Man: No Way Home's final swing.

7 Peter's Tinkering

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Peter Parker may have had some technical help from Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) back in the day, but he's all on his own now, meaning he has to use his brains to tinker and make his own gadgets and suits. Back in the Stan Lee era of The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) comic book, the Wall-Crawler was consistently making gadgets on his own to thwart his villains.

Lee had a plethora of fun making Pete a run-and-gun hero, and it would be so much fun to see Peter all on his own making shoddy gadgets to get through his many adventures across the years and to face current foes like the Hulk. Now that he's on his own, seeing him hodgepodge gadgets together would be so great to see. Fans love a resourceful Spider-Man!

8 Jean Grey

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There have been rumors for quite a while that Sadie Sink is playing the villain of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and it's Jean Grey. With the villain clearly being able to control minds and get into people's heads, it only makes sense that Jean Grey could be the antagonist. This redhead is one of the strongest telepaths in the Marvel Comics universe and could most certainly cause some trouble for Pete.

This isn't to say she'd be a full-on villain, because she'll likely have good reasoning for what she's doing and will be redeemed if she's going to be set up for this universe's X-Men. Getting to see the Wall-Crawler interact with other young heroes (or someone hero-adjacent in this case) would be so satisfying to see, given the fact he's yet to meet others like Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), despite being a young hero himself.

9 Peter in College

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One of the most fun times in Spidey's early Marvel Comics career was seeing him in college, meeting new people, and balancing college life with being Spider-Man. Now that Peter is out of high school in the MCU, seeing his college life would be some great worldbuilding for the character. It seems he's going to be attending college based on reports, his clothing choices in the film, and the fact he's approaching Bruce Banner in a college class.

It'd be very intriguing to see if Peter has connected with new people in college and how he's handling relationships in this new environment. He's most certainly avoiding them, but that wouldn't stop people from potentially wanting to connect with him. It could also give Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment the chance to introduce characters that could definitely exist in college, like Doctor Curt Connors (The Lizard) and Doctor Miles Warren (The Jackal).

10 An Expanded Cast

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With this being a completely new era for Spider-Man, they have a chance to bring in a new cast to fill the missing roles of his old supporting cast, like Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), Happy Hogan, Betty Brant (Angourie Rice), Flash Thompson (Tony Revolori) — the entire school cast, pretty much. While keeping a smaller cast of characters will certainly be better for this movie, given the fact that it's more down-to-Earth, there's still room to include new players.

It doesn't even have to be the likes of Gwen Stacy or Harry Osborn — in fact, it might be better that they stray away from those characters, given their inclusion in previous franchises — but they could bring in characters like Felicia Hardy. Even niche characters (for casual moviegoers, that is) like Carlie Cooper, Jean DeWolff, and Randy Robertson could be great options. There are so many to choose from!