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Spider-Man: Brand New Day is what happens when Marvel thinks small (Yes, even with the Hulk and Punisher cameos)

Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be taking a 180 from the massive scale of No Way Home

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News by Jules Chin Greene, Staff Writer

Published on Wed Jun 10 2026

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Despite the specter of Avengers: Doomsday looming over us all, Marvel Studios is intentionally going smaller for this summer's Spider-Man: Brand New Day. That's right, your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is going to feel like, well, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man even in the wake of 2021's sprawling No Way Home. This is by design.

In an interview with Empire magazine about the upcoming film that appears in its latest print issue, producer Amy Pascal explained why the Marvel movie is pulling back for the fourth Spider-Man film in the MCU. "After the last one, I think probably the tendency for filmmakers would be to try to go bigger. And we did the opposite," she explained, adding that Brand New Day is "a more internal movie, and the bigness of it is emotional, not worlds exploding."

Frankly, I don't really know how Brand New Day could get any bigger than No Way Home, considering that the latter featured almost every Spider-Man villain that had previously been brought to the screen in the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies from Sony Pictures. (Dane Dehaan, you were missed.) But I suppose we should always leave room for surprises.

Previously, Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige said that Brand New Day is a "classic" Spidey story where Peter Parker lives in a "sad, small apartment." This is a marked change from Tom Holland's time as Spider-Man in the MCU, considering that he first entered the franchise in Captain America: Civil War, a busy film that might as well have been called "Avengers 2.5" due to its stacked cast and lasting implications for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Of course, Brand New Day does feature both the Punisher and the Hulk, but still. It's about time that Peter Parker has the chance to catch his breath and try to build a life for himself.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day will hit theaters on July 31, 2026.

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Jules Chin Greene: Jules Chin Greene is a journalist and Jack Kirby enthusiast. He has written about comics, video games, movies, and television for sites such as Nerdist, AIPT, and Multiverse of Color.