After leaking online a few days early, the official trailer for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has arrived, offering a clearer look at where Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is headed after the lonely reset of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” And while many expected this chapter to pull Holland’s Spider-Man back toward a more grounded, street-level mode, this new look suggests Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios are still going big.
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The trailer’s biggest swing is Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk, who appears to have a larger role than previously expected, and not simply as Peter’s backup. Early in the trailer, Banner warns, “If you see me with this inhibitor off, run,” referring to the device keeping him from transforming into the Hulk. Later, the footage shows Hulk and Spider-Man fighting, with Peter caught between trying to save Banner and surviving when that inhibitor comes off.
The trailer also keeps Peter’s personal crisis front and center. After Doctor Strange’s spell erased him from everyone’s memory, Peter is seen trying to make inroads with MJ and Ned, played again by Zendaya and Jacob Batalon. He still has the suit and the responsibility, but the support system that defined his first three solo movies is gone.
There’s plenty of street-level chaos in the mix, too. Michael Mando returns as Mac Gargan, better known as Scorpion, after first appearing in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” while Jon Bernthal’s Punisher enters Peter’s orbit as another hard-edged wild card. The trailer also teases several other bad guys, though Sony and Marvel are keeping the larger villain structure under wraps.
And then there’s Sadie Sink. The “Stranger Things” star is still being kept mostly in the margins, doing little to clarify who she’s playing. Fan theories continue to circle Jean Grey, but that still feels doubtful. Introducing a new Jean Grey in a Sony-distributed Spider-Man movie before the MCU’s new X-Men have even properly arrived would be an odd way to launch one of Marvel’s most important mutants.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, and Justin Kuritzkes, with TheWrap reporting that the “Challengers” and “Queer” writer was brought in for rewrites and will receive credit. The film also stars Tramell Tillman and Liza Colón-Zayas and swings into theaters on July 31, 2026.
