Tom Holland Says SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY Is a Full Reset for Spider-Man
After the emotional gut punch that closed out Spider-Man: No Way Home, the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day isn’t being framed as a standard sequel. According to Tom Holland, this movie is closer to a fresh starting line than a continuation of what came before.
Every Spider-Man film usually follows a familiar rhythm. Peter gets a new suit, faces a new threat, and loses something important that pushes him forward. No Way Home broke that cycle by stripping Peter of everything at once.
Aunt May is gone, Doctor Strange erased the world’s memory of Peter Parker, and by the final moments, Peter is alone in a tiny apartment, studying for his GED, stitching together a new suit, and committing to being Spider-Man even if no one knows who he is underneath the mask.
That ending closed out that chapter of Peter Parker in a big way, and as the franchise moves forward, the creative team developed a fresh new chapter. Holland says Brand New Day doesn’t feel like a fourth entry at all. While speaking with Complex Pop, he explained how the mindset behind the film has shifted:
“It really feels like we aren't making the fourth movie. We're making the first movie in the chapter... This is a rebirth. This is something completely new.”
The first three MCU films gave Peter a support system with Aunt May, MJ, and Ned. Now all of that is gone. Reports suggest that Ned and MJ will have much smaller roles this time around, with a set photo hinting at Ned’s future at MIT.
Peter’s old circle may finally be behind him, clearing the way for new friendships, rivals, and possible love interests pulled straight from the comics.
A new era also means a new look. Holland has worn several versions of the Spider-Man suit across his MCU run, but he says the costume in Brand New Day is built differently in more ways than one. Talking about the updated design, he shared:
“The new suit is really designed in a completely different way to the previous iterations. It’s a lot more flexible, so we can kind of lean into different sides of the character that I haven’t been able to before. And I am absolutely over the moon with how its photographing.”
The final swing in No Way Home showed a suit that leaned away from Stark tech and back toward a classic red and blue look, which I love. Against the nighttime city skyline, it felt personal and earned. I also love that it’s giing low-tech. The new suit won’t have all of Stark’s tech.
Brand New Day is being set up to be less about topping previous spectacle and more about redefining who this version of Spider-Man is now that the world has moved on without him. Peter is starting from zero again, and that’s exactly what makes this next movie so exciting.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is set to swing into theaters on July 31, 2026, and if Holland’s comments are any indication, this isn’t just another sequel. It’s the beginning of something entirely new for Marvel’s wall-crawler.