Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has finally returned.
It's been almost five years since audiences last saw Tom Holland's Peter Parker dressed as a web-slinger in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and a lot has happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since then. (10 movies, for those keeping track.) But Sony Pictures released the first trailer for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” on Wednesday, and it appears our hero has continued diligently as a full-time masked crime fighter while remaining an anonymous entity to those he loves most.
“Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker's heart,” Peter says in voiceover in the new footage. According to the movie's logline, four years have passed since the events of “No Way Home,” in which Peter had to make everyone forget who he is in order to save the world. “Brand New Day” will see Spider-Man face “one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.”
The trailer shows Peter crossing paths with his former best friends MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon), who still don't know who he is. But like everyone else in New York, it seems like they're at least familiar with Spider-Man.
Among those Spidey crosses paths with in the teaser is Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), also known as the Punisher. However, it doesn't seem like Spider-Man and the antihero of “Daredevil: Born Again” have a very friendly relationship. The trailer also shows glimpses of Spider-Man fighting Scorpion (Michael Mando), Boomerang (whose casting has yet to be announced), and Hand, as well as a seemingly invisible enemy.
Peter is also shown searching for Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) in his non-Hulk form to try to figure out what's going on with his own body. It seems that Spider-Man's DNA could be mutating, as he has gained the ability to produce organic webs, which could be alarming. The trailer concludes with a mysterious voiceover (sounding like Keith David) hinting at what it could mean.
“Spiders have three life cycles,” says the anonymous voice. “Between cycles, this can leave the spider vulnerable to threats… And for those spiders that manage to survive, it amounts to a kind of rebirth.”
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” opens in theaters on July 31.
Spider-Man fighting the Hand in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.”
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