The First Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Is Here To Save The MCU

By Jonathan Klotz
| Published 18 seconds ago

After years of anxiously waiting, the first Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer has arrived, and it’s everything fans have been hoping for. Unlike the comic book arc it’s named after, the movie is coming after the crowd-pleasing blockbuster No Way Home, which was stuffed to the gills with spider-nostalgia. The two-minute and 40-second trailer that was released today is crammed full of references not to the movies, but to the comics, and fans are already losing their minds. 

A Brand New Day For Peter Parker

The trailer starts with Tom Holland’s Peter Parker sullenly watching a video of his bestie, Ned (Jacob Batalon), and the love of his life, MJ (Zendaya, the love of Tom Holland’s life), both of whom have magically forgotten who Peter Parker is. As the trailer reveals, both of them are still around Peter, who moved in down the hall from MJ and gets to watch her make out with a new guy, played by Ashoka’s Emand Esfandi. We don’t learn his name, but if it’s Paul, you’ll never hear the end of it from comic fans. 

While no one is more important than Paul, the Brand New Day trailer shows Spider-Man and The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) teaming up, sort of, complete with the Punisher’s van getting in on the action. Kevin Feige said that this version of The Punisher would be a little different compared to the R-rated version from Daredevil, but it’s still a fun team-up to finally see on the big screen. 

Brand New Day also appears to be about Peter getting sick, or mutating, during a scene with his powers failing to work as he wakes up from a web cocoon. There are a few comic storylines this could be hinting at, though the most likely is “The Other.” During that story arc, Peter’s sick, wakes up in a cocoon, sheds his body, like a reptile does its skin, and oh yeah, has to deal with Morlun, the immortal spider-person eating monster. Mark Ruffalo’s appearance as Dr. Banner points to this, as in the comics, Peter goes to Mr. Fantastic and Hank Pym for help. 

What the Brand New Day trailer makes explicitly clear is the sheer amount of villains showing up during the movie. We see Boomerang, Tarantula (the guy with the spike coming out of his foot), Scorpion finally appears, and oddly, The Hand ninjas make their big screen debut in the MCU. Not seen in the trailer is Charlie Cox, either as Matt Murdock or as Daredevil, Marvin Jones III as Tombstone isn’t seen, and Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is nowhere to be found. 

We still don’t know who Sadie Sink is playing in Brand New Day. She could be Firestar, Typhoid Mary, Screwball, or even Carlie Cooper, Peter’s other redhead girlfriend. It’s a testament to Disney’s ability to keep secrets under wraps that we’re this close to release and still don’t know. That and Tom Holland, notorious leaker, has been kept far away from every microphone. 

The MCU has been treading water since Deadpool & Wolverine. Thunderbolts, Captain America: Brave New World, and Fantastic Four all released to diminishing returns putting the future of the MCU into the hands of Tom Holland. Again.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.