- Releasing in late July
- Trailers revealed in March and June
- Most of the cast has been announced
- Identities of some characters unconfirmed
- Story synopsis announced
- Numerous plot rumors still circulating online
- Unclear how it'll impact future MCU projects
Spider-Man: Brand New Day's release is — at the time of this article's latest update — just weeks away. Indeed, with the Tom Holland-led Marvel movie set to swing into theaters before the end of July, there's not much time left to read up on everything we know about it.
If you're looking for more information on next Marvel Phase 6 film, then, this is the guide for you. Below, you'll find the biggest and latest news and rumors on Spider-Man's next cinematic adventure, including its official launch date, confirmed cast, trailers, and more. Throw on your favorite Spidey spandex, then, and let's find out more about Spider-Man 4.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day release date
The world has forgotten Peter Parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them. #SpiderManBrandNewDay - in theatres July 31. pic.twitter.com/xlnDWBQlt1May 14, 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day will thwip its way into a cinema near you on Friday, July 31. Well, in most countries anyway — fans in some nations, such as the UK, will be able to see it a day or two earlier on July 29 or 30.
Runtime-wise, speculation abounds that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) flick will run for around two hours and 25 minutes. As for its age rating, the official Sony Pictures website has confirmed it'll carry a PG-13 classification due to some violent action and language.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
We were made to wait a long time but, finally, the first trailer for Spider-Man 4 was released in mid-March. Watch it above and then read my Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer #1 breakdown article to learn more about its story-based teases.
Thankfully, the gap between the aforementioned teaser and its next trailer wasn't too long. Be sure to watch its latest round of footage below and check out my Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer #2 breakdown piece to see what else it tells us about the plot.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day cast — confirmed and rumroed
Full spoilers follow for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Potential spoilers also follow for Brand New Day.
Here's the confirmed cast for Spider-Man: Brand New Day so far:
- Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Zendaya as Michelle 'M.J' Jones
- Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
- Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk
- Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher
- Michael Mando as Mack Gargan/Scorpion
- Marvin Jones III as Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone
- Liza Colon-Reyes as Detective Jean DeWolff
- Sadie Sink as TBC
- Tramell Tillman as TBC
- Eman Esfandi as TBC
Want to learn more about the above ensemble, their confirmed or rumored character identities, and where you might have seen them before, read my Spider-Man: Brand New Day cast and character guide.
The above group aren't the only individuals who might show up. For starters, semi-reliable industry insider DanielRPK has claimed Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, who we last saw in 2025's Thunderbolts: The New Avengers film, will make a cameo. However, it's unclear what role she'll play, if any, in the wider narrative.
Meanwhile, Charlie Cox, who's plays Matt Murdock/Daredevil, has said The Man Without Fear won't join forces with Spider-Man in Brand New Day. Given Daredevil's comic book ties to Spidey and the pair briefly sharing a scene in 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, though, it's not outlandish to suggest that he could also appear. One individual who we shouldn't expect to see, though, is Jon Favreau's Happy Hogan — Favreau telling Jimmy Kimmel that he's not back for more misadventures.
As for the film's growing list of villains, we already know that Mando's Scorpion and Jones III's Tombstone are involved. Spider-Man 4's main trailers have also confirmed B-list bad guys in Boomerang and Tarantula will show up, as well the clandestine ninja-based crime syndicate known as The Hand. Per DanielRPK, Shocker, who was last seen in 2016's Spider-Man: Homecoming, is also set to have a role to play.
According to Holland (via Global Box Office), though, none of the above are the movie's primary antagonist. Of course, that could be Holland's way of misdirecting us ahead of this movie's release, but he's notoriously bad at keeping secrets, so I'm inclined to take him at his word here. Let me know in the comments who you'd like to see as Spider-Man 4's main villain.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day story synopsis and speculation
Full spoilers follow for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Potentially big spoilers also follow for Spider-Man 4.
Here's the movie's 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."
Prior to that plot brief being unveiled, a different logline for Spider-Man 4 was revealed by a Marvel artbook. That tome also indicated it'll primarily take place in 2028, rather than sometime in 2027, which is the year that many fans theorized Brand New Day would be set in. Despite some initial timeline confusion, it seems Brand New Day's opening sequence will show us what Spider-Man has been up to between Spider-Man: No Way Home, which takes place in 2024, and this one, too.
Those details notwithstanding, other aspects of Brand New Day's story have been teased by its cast and crew.
For one, Holland told Esquire that it'll have the air of a detective movie, which appears to be born out of the previously alluded to hidden villain.
Is this individual that Holland confirmed is the only person who remembers Parker is Spider-Man (per IGN Benelux) after Doctor Strange made everyone forget this in No Way Home? And/or are they responsible for forcing Spidey to fight the Hulk, which we glimpsed in Brand New Day's second trailer and was previously foreshadowed by a Spider-Man 4 Hasbro toy unveiling?
Spider-Man on the street.#SpiderManBrandNewDay is in theatres July 31. pic.twitter.com/DWxG2sZUAJMay 14, 2026
Elsewhere, MCU fans will hope Brand New Day addresses Spider-Man's absence during other big New York-based events that occurred in Thunderbolts and Daredevil: Born Again. With regards to the latter, Marvel's Head of TV Brad Winderbaum told Entertainment Weekly that "the impacts will be felt" between Born Again season 2 and Spider-Man 4.
Nobody knows what that means exactly, but one thing that these two projects will share is Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle/The Punisher. If you want a brief rundown of how and potentially why the latter appears in this flick, I'd recommend reading my ending explainer on The Punisher: One Last Kill, aka the anti-hero's TV Special that aired on Disney+ in May.
There are plenty more questions surrounding Spider-Man 4's story ahead of launch, too.
What kind of transformation is Peter Parker undergoing? How much screentime will all of its villains get? Will M.J. and Ned eventually remember the titular character's civilian identity, and their shared pasts? Who is Sadie Sink really playing? And how will Spider-Man: Brand New Day set up and/or impact future MCU projects? I'll aim to answer these in a separate article closer to release, but with regards to the last of those queries...
What does the future hold for Spider-Man after Brand New Day?
Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the only films slated for release are the next two Avengers films — those being, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, which come out on December 18, 2026 and December 17, 2027.
Currently, Holland isn't due to appear in the former. If that remains the case, it'll be interesting to see if Spider-Man: Brand New Day's story runs concurrent to Doomsday, or if it'll directly lead into Avengers 5.
Nevertheless, the A-lister has appeared to tease his involvement in the latter (via cinemania). If he does show up in Avengers 6 — and, in my view, he's nailed on to do so — he could star alongside one of Spider-Man 4's supporting cast because Sink's mystery individual is also reportedly going to show up in Secret Wars.
Right now, we know little about this Multiverse Saga duology capper. Nevertheless, Secret Wars is expected to usher in a soft reboot of the MCU and, while he can't play Peter Parker forever, I doubt we'll see the end of Holland's hugely popular take on the character.
Holland has already expressed his wish to help introduce a live-action version of Miles Morales to the MCU (per Discussing Film). Speaking to El Hermiguero, he also teased that Marvel and Sony "have plans to introduce really exciting new characters" to the former's cinematic universe. In short: don't expect Holland to hang up his webslinging suit any time soon.
For more Marvel coverage, find out how to watch the Marvel movies in order and how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order. Then, read up on everything we know so far about Avengers: Doomsday and get the full lowdown on Avengers: Secret Wars.
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