down memory lane
Sony releases one last trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day
“Maybe that’s my responsibility, to live alone with the truth.”
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Sony Pictures
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Sony Pictures
The Odyssey might be cleaning up at the box office at the moment, but in two weeks another mega-blockbuster hits theaters: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). Sony Pictures dropped one last trailer for this follow-up to 2021’s No Way Home, which is purportedly intended to launch a fresh trilogy of films with Tom Holland in the title role.
No Way Home ended on a pretty bleak note, with Peter Parker (Holland) asking Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to erase him from everyone’s memory to protect the multiverse, including his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya). Per the official synopsis:
It’s a Brand New Day for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves–a powerful villain no one can even see. The world may have forgotten Peter Parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them.
Holland is reprising his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, along with Zendaya as MJ and Jacob Batalon as Peter’s former bestie Ned Leeds. The film also features Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/Scorpion (captured by Spider-Man in Homecoming), Marvin Jones III as albino crime lord Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone, Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil (briefly Peter’s lawyer in No Way Home); Liza Colon-Zayas as detective Jean DeWolf; Eman Esfandi as MJ’s new boyfriend; and Trammell Tillman as Bill Metzger of the Department of Damage Control (DODC) who is policing superpowered individuals.
Sadie Sink will also appear in an as-yet-undisclosed role, although we know she’s likely playing the main villain, and Zabryna Guevara will reprise her Daredevil: Born Again role as Sheila Rivera. We may also see Florence Pugh’s Yelena, and the comic book characters Boomerang, Tarantula, and Ramrod, because we can’t just have a simple, straightforward superhero story anymore, it seems.
This final trailer focuses on how Peter/Spidey got here, giving us a few highlights from the prior trilogy—including the tearful farewell between Peter and MJ, in which he vows to come find her. But when he does track MJ down, working in a diner, he loses his nerve and just orders a coffee.
The second half of the trailer focuses on all the action we can expect from Brand New Day—including Banner hulking out (“No Banner. Only Hulk”), Spidey’s battle with members of the Hand (“Can we do this one at a time, please?), and another glimpse of that mysterious cloaked figure. While we do see Mando’s Scorpion, that might not actually be the real Scorpion, given that this new threat Peter faces can take on the form of anyone. At least we get to see Spidey swinging through the city with MJ in his arms again, after she agrees to trust his warning that she’s in danger. Bonus points for Ned’s spiffy Spidey-tracker app.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31, 2026.
