It’s been four long years sinceTom Hollandlast graced fans with an appearance in his Spidey suit inSpider-Man: No Way Home. Despite brief references to the wall-crawler inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessandDaredevil: Born Again, Spider-Man has not been seen in the MCU for some time, and fans knew it would likely not be until his next solo film. After years of speculation, the fourth entry in the MCU Spider-Man series is starting to take shape. Previously referred to asSpider-Man 4for a placeholder name, the recently confirmedSpider-Man: Brand New Dayis set to begin filming in 2025 and will hit theaters in the summer of 2026.
Spider-Man: Brand New Daycurrently has a lot of expectations behind it, as it is following the $1.9 billion box office ofSpider-Man: No Way Homeand is being released alongside other big Marvel titles likeTheFantastic Four: First Steps,Avengers: Doomsday, andAvengers: Secret Warsas part of Marvel’s ambitious Phase 6 slate. While plot details have been kept under wraps, with the film’s main villain unknown, there still is a lot that we do know about the next Spider-Man film. Here is everything we know aboutSpider-Man: Brand New Day.
Update June 10, 2025: This article has been updated following the announcement of the official title,Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
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The Cast and Crew of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Tom Holland is set to reprise his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man inSpider-Man: Brand New Day. He is the only confirmed cast member from the three prior MCUSpider-Manfilms to be returning to the film. With Doctor Strange’s spell at the end ofSpider-Man: No Way Homemaking everyone forget Peter Parker, the film concluded with Peter Parker alone and cut off from his friends and fellow Avengers contacts, setting up a new status quo. However,there have been rumors that Zendaya’s Michelle Jones, aka MJ, or Jacob Batalon’s Ned Leeds could return in the upcoming MCU film.
The supporting cast has started taking shape asStranger ThingsstarSadie Sinkwas confirmed to join theSpider-Man: Brand New Daycast on Jun 14, 2025. Her role is unknown, with fans speculating she might appear as the X-Men character Jean Grey, since she was previously rumored to be on Marvel’s radar for the telepathic mutant in a planned X-Men reboot. Other fan theories for who Sink would play include the Spider-Man supporting hero andX-Men-affiliated Firestar, Spider-Woman, or theBrand New Daycomics character Charlie Cooper.
While the previous MCU Spider-Man films were directed by Jon Watts,Spider-Man: Brand New Daywill see a new filmmaker take over the franchise, but one who is no stranger to the MCU.Destin Daniel Crettonwas announced as the director ofSpider-Man: Brand New Dayin September 2024. Cretton previously directedShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsand is one of the creators ofWonder Man. Cretton was originally set to helmAvengers: The Kang Dynastybefore the plans for Kang were scrapped after Jonathan Majors' arrest, and the film was changed toAvengers: Doomsday.
Cretton’s non-MCU titles, likeShort Term 12,The Glass House, andJust Mercy, are very character-centric stories that make him an exciting pick forSpider-Man: Brand New Day. All of his films have also featured Brie Larson, with her even having a cameo as Carol Danvers inShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.That could open the door for a Captain Marvel cameo inSpider-Man: Brand New Day.
Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are currently attached to write the script forSpider-Man: Brand New Day. McKenna and Sommers served as the writers on all three previous MCUSpider-Manfilms. Their other credits includeThe Lego Batman Movie,Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, andAnt-Man and the Wasp.
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The Plot of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Currently, there is no information regarding the plot ofSpider-Man: Brand New Day, but there have been plenty of rumors. There have been reports that the reason the film has been delayed so long was between disagreements between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures, asMarvel wanted a smaller street-level film while Sony Pictures wanted another big multiversal team-upbetween Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield to repeat the box office sucessus ofSpider-Man: No Way Home. Other rumors have said thevillain will range from The Spider-Queento Chameleon, with fans hoping Daredevil or The Punisher appears. These are nothing more than rumors at the moment.
The most fans can go off of right now is based onthe film’s title,Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Confirmed on Aug 13, 2025 during the Sony Pictures Cinema Con presentation,Spider-Man: Brand New Daytakes its title from a storyline from 2008 to 2010. It acted as a soft reboot for the Spider-Man comics following Peter Parker and Mary Jane sacrificing their marriage to the demon Mephisto in the controversial storyline “One More Day.“Brand New Dayshowed Peter Parker acting as a single guy and trying to balance his life as a superhero in the classic Spider-Man style.
While Sony Pictures and Marvel likely won’t do a one-to-onedirect translation of theBrand New Daystory,they are likely drawing from the comic in the broad strokes of being a new start for theSpider-Manfranchise. It tracks, given the ending ofSpider-Man: No Way Home, which looked to set up the classic status quo of Spider-Man as a broke, down-on-his-luck young adult that the MCU films had been criticized for ignoring. This likely means new supporting characters and villains, with the titleBrand New Dayboth being a comic reference and a meta-title about this being a new start for the film franchise.
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It is worth noting thatTom Holland was not among the names announced for theAvengers: Doomsdaycast. While Marvel has hinted that more names will be announced, there are doubts that Spider-Man will appear. With Holland filmingThe OdysseyandAvengers: Doomsdayset to begin filming shortly, it seems unlikely Holland can fit that into his schedule before needing to filmSpider-Man: Brand New Day.
This means Peter Parker and Spider-Man might be like Scott Lang / Ant-Man, who sat outAvengers: Infinity Wardue toAnt-Man and the Waspopening three months later before getting a larger role inAvengers: Endgame. This meansSpider-Man: Brand New Daycould occur before or at the same time as the events ofAvengers: Doomsday, explaining his absence before he gets a prominent role inAvengers: Secret Wars.
When Will ‘Spider-Man 4’ Be Released?
Spider-Man: Brand New Daywill open in theaters on August 06, 2025. It was originally set to open on July 09, 2025, but was delayed by one week so that star Tom Holland wouldn’t need to do two massive press tours back to back for Spider-Man andThe Odysseyand so thatSpider-Man: Brand New Daycould get access to some of the larger premium format screens thatThe Odysseywill have access to.
By the timeSpider-Man: Brand New Dayopens in theaters, it will have been nearly five years since audiences last saw Tom Holland’s Spider-Man in the MCU back when Spider-Man:No Way Homebroke box office records during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery period. This will be tied with the five-year gap betweenSpider-Man 3in 2007 andThe Amazing Spider-Manin 2012, the longest gap in the live-actionSpider-Manfranchise. It will hopefully be worth the wait.
StreamSpider-Man: HomecomingandSpider-Man: Far From Homeon Disney+ andSpider-Man: No WayHome on Starz
