Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Is Full Of Surprises And Nostalgia

By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 15 seconds ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is swinging into theaters next week, and Marvel is hard at work marketing the new film. After hyping fans up with a surprise trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, the studio just dropped a new trailer for their latest Spidey film. While the trailer contains several beats we have seen before from earlier trailers, it’s also filled with major surprises and more than a little bit of nostalgia. Ready to watch the trailer and discover all of the spectacular secrets lurking within? Good news, true believer; all you gotta do is keep scrolling!

New Day, Same As The Old Day

The first thing you’ll notice about the new trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is just how much of the footage in the first half comes from earlier movies. For example, we see some shots of both Peter Parker and Spidey from Homecoming as well as the moment Ned discovers his best friend’s secret identity (and drops that expensive Lego Death Star; man, that’s always painful to watch!). We also get footage from Far From Home, showing how Peter’s relationship with MJ evolved over time. This culminates in footage from No Way Home, where Peter says goodbye to his friend and girlfriend before making the entire world forget who he is. 

This is more than just a nostalgic trip down memory lane; it actually sets up the lonelier, more brooding Spider-Man of Brand New Day. The trailer reveals that Peter’s decision to not reintroduce himself to his friends at the end of No Way Home was a lasting one, and that he has basically dedicated his life to being Spider-Man, 24/7. This sets up a clear arc for the new film: our titular hero will discover the importance of being more than a masked vigilante once he opens his heart again to those he loves. It’s good to know that, beyond the fisticuffs, Brand New Day will have an emotional core.

The Fight Of The Millennium Is Here

Of course, if you’re more interested in fisticuffs and high-flying feats, don’t worry: that’s basically the entire back half of the final trailer. We see Spider-Man hearing about a mysterious, telepathic villain that only he can stop because his Spider-Sense somehow protects him from mind mojo. The telepathic threat is played by Sadie Sink, who most fans assume will be playing Jean Grey. One interesting revelation in this Brand New Day trailer is that she is the one controlling Scorpion during their big fight rather than the armor-powered villain operating on his own.

We also see more of Spider-Man’s highly-anticipated fight with the Hulk, including exciting footage of the Avenger smashing Spider-Man into the side of a skyscraper before flinging him away. We also get what is sure to be a fan-favorite new one-liner: during the transformation, Spider-Man gently asks, “Dr. Banner?” To this, the other man replies, “No Banner, only Hulk!” It’s a fun moment and a quotable line, but it also reveals something important: Sink’s character isn’t directly mind-controlling the Hulk. Instead, she seemingly removed the inhibitor to force the transformation and, possibly, coaxed Hulk into getting even angrier than he normally is.

Jean Grey Confirmed?

Aside from the previously seen footage of Spider-Man rescuing MJ from an unknown threat, the rest of the trailer is almost entirely pure action. Good action, too, showing Spidey taking on a small army of ninjas and uppercutting the Hulk. Fortunately, there’s some of the web-head’s traditional levity in here, like when he asks the ninjas if “we can do this one at a time.” Also, at the very end, Ned geeks out about a report that Spider-Man is nearby; at that exact moment, the hero walks into the room with a jaunty, “Oh yeah? No way, that’s crazy!”

Overall, the latest trailer is another winner. Marvel continues to do a great job of advertising Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a movie which will seemingly combine plenty of action with solid storytelling and more than a few surprises. Will one of those surprises be an unexpected team-up with Jean Grey against the movie’s real Big Bad? There’s only one way to find out: Spider-Man: Brand New Day will make a superhero landing in theaters on July 31.