You had us at Spider-Man vs. Hand ninjas.
Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series starring Tom Holland as Spider-Man/Peter Parker.
In the film, four years have passed since the events of Spider-Man: 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 two-minute, 30-second trailer opens with Spider-Man checking his phone while sitting upside down on a construction girder. As he watches his friends Michelle "MJ" Jones Watson (Zendaya) and Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) celebrate their first day at MIT without him, the depressed superhero deliberately falls backward and plummets towards the streets below.
Next, as we see Peter lamenting his decision to make his friends forget his existence, we hear him say in a voiceover, "Hi. My name is Peter Parker. You don't remember me, but we used to know each other. Something bad was gonna happen, and the only way to stop it was to make everyone forget about me..."
We see images of MJ and Ned watching Spider-Man receive the key to New York City on TV, then later see that Peter still has the key he received.
"...Because I'm not just Peter Parker," he continues, "I'm...Spider-Man."
The scene abruptly shifts to a battle taking place in Manhattan, with Spider-Man nearly being run over by the Punisher (Jon Bernthal) driving his Battle Van. "What the hell, Frank?!" exclaims Spider-Man. "You just hit me with a van!"
"Quit your whimpering," replies the Punisher, aiming a large gun in Spider-Man's direction. Spider-Man webs the gun shut, to which the Punisher remarks "Suit yourself" as he fires the weapon, blasting Spider-Man backwards until he lands on an armored vehicle directly ahead. Spider-Man uses his webs, to slingshot back at the Punisher, smashing through the Battle Van's windshield and sending the Punisher through the back doors and onto the street.
"Motherfu--" begins the Punisher before Spider-Man webs his mouth shut and tells him to go home before swinging away.
Later, as we see Peter attending a party at MJ's place, his voiceover returns. "And sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker's heart." We see Peter watching from afar as MJ gets romantically close with someone else.
This cuts into a separate scene with Peter asking himself "What is happening to me?" before passing out. He awakens a web cocoon, as we learn the cocoon is hanging outside a building above the street. Peter starts to fall, reflexively trying to use his web-shooters, but realizing he has none. As he falls, he's suddenly saved but we don't know exactly how. The scene hints that Peter saves himself with new organic webbing, similar to Tobey Maguire's version of Spider-Man.
Next, we glimpse Spider-Man in some sort of body scanning device, followed by Peter meeting up with Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) after a university lecture. "Excuse me, Dr. Banner," remarks Peter, "I need your help."
"What did you say your name was?" remarks Bruce.
We then see Spider-Man suffering from changes to his biochemistry. He holds his head in agony after hearing a drop of water and sees webbing all over his apartment. "If DNA is mutating," says Bruce, "it would be enormously dangerous."
As we see Peter laying flowers on the grave of his Aunt May, we hear a narrator (voiced by Keith David) say, "Spiders have three life cycles. When between cycles, it can leave the spider vulnerable to threats."
We see Spider-Man finding an old woman inside the armored vehicle from earlier, followed by S.W.A.T. officers being assaulted mentally by someone with telepathic powers.
The trailer cuts to an office, where a character named Bill (Tramell Tillman) says, "We are faced with a danger that we can't control. One we can't even see."
The scene shifts to the return of the Scorpion (Michael Mando), looking far more impressive in his armored suit than he did in Spider-Man: Homecoming. "Stay out of my way," remarks the Scorpion as he swats Spider-Man with his suit's large tail.
In an assortment of scenes, we see the Punisher tell Spider-Man "You're losing it, kid," followed by Spider-Man with MJ, and Spider-Man using webbing the slow down the armored vehicle from earlier, only to be sent flying into the side of a bus.
The narrator continues, "And for those spiders who make it through, it amounts to a kind of..."
Slo-mo images follow of an homage to the cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man's first appearance), Spider-Man fighting Boomerang, Spider-Man fighting Tarantula, and a member of the Hand attacking a captive Spider-Man, who reveals a pair of dark, black eyes. Spider-Man blocks the ninja's attack with webbing, shattering the sword. We then see a separate slo-mo scene with Spider-Man leaving from the side of a building to face off against a swarm of Hand ninjas.
"...rebirth," finishes the narrator.
In the trailer's final scene, we go back to the party at MJ's place. "Nice flowers," MJ says to Peter.
"Oh, they're...uh...a housewarming gift," replies Peter awkwardly.
"I'm, uh, MJ," she introduces herself as Ned looks on.
"I'm just a neighbor from across the hall."
"A friendly neighbor," MJ remarks as Peter chokes briefly on his drink.
If you'd like to view the trailer, you can see it below thanks to the official accounts for Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures on YouTube...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is scheduled to arrive in theaters on July 31, 2026.
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