&x27;SpiderMan: Brand New Day&x27; trailer brings back fanfavorite Marvel characters Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY Wed, March 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC 0 After five years away, Tom Holland's Peter Parker is swinging back into action, and some fanfavorite Marvel characters will be joining him. The first trailer for "SpiderMan: Brand New Day," in which Holland returns as the web slinger opposite Mark Ruffalo's Hulk and Jon Bernthal's Punisher, has finally debuted.
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' trailer brings back fan-favorite Marvel characters
Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY Wed, March 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC
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After five years away, Tom Holland's Peter Parker is swinging back into action, and some fan-favorite Marvel characters will be joining him.
The first trailer for "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," in which Holland returns as the web slinger opposite Mark Ruffalo's Hulk and Jon Bernthal's Punisher, has finally debuted.
"Brand New Day" picks up four years after the events of 2021's "Spider-Man: No Way Home," which ended with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) casting a spell that caused the world to lose its memories of Peter Parker.
The footage opens with Peter, now living alone, watching video of his former girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon), who still don't remember him. Peter is seen reading a note that he wrote, presumably to MJ, explaining that they used to know each other. "Something bad was going to happen, and the only way to stop it was to make everyone forget about me," he says.
Later, we see Peter reunite at a party with MJ, who thinks they're meeting for the first time. MJ also appears to have a new boyfriend, who is shown as Peter says that "sometimes, Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker's heart."
The footage also shows that Peter's DNA is mutating, which brings him to Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner for help. This marks the actor's first time playing Bruce Banner in a Marvel movie since 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," not counting a credits cameo in "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." He most recently appeared as the Hulk in the Disney+ show "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law."
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Tom Holland and fans tease 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' trailer
Bernthal is also back in the movie as the Punisher, a.k.a. Frank Castle, who is seen running over Peter during a car chase. Bernthal previously played the role in Netflix's universe of Marvel shows, including "Daredevil."
Tom Holland, left, and Zendaya attend the Los Angeles premiere of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' on Dec. 13, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
Plus, Michael Mando makes his return in the trailer as Mac Gargan, a.k.a the Scorpion. He hasn't been seen since 2017's "Spider-Man: Homecoming," which teased a major role for him in a credits scene that was seemingly abandoned until now.
Making her MCU debut in the movie is "Stranger Things" star Sadie Sink. Her role in the film has not been confirmed and likely won't be before the movie's release, but fans have been running wild with speculation ever since she was cast. Sink joked about the theories on "The Tonight Show" in January, saying, "I feel like there's a new character every week that people [think I'm playing]."
The cast of "Brand New Day" also includes Liza Colón-Zayas and Tramell Tillman.
The official plot synopsis for the film reads, "Four years have passed since the events of 'No Way Home,' and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he's devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced."
The trailer drop comes after Marvel hyped up its release on Tuesday with an unconventional marketing strategy: Over the course of the day, the studio continuously released seconds-long snippets of the footage, doled out on various fan accounts.
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" hits theaters on July 31.
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