Peter Parker's world will be flipped upside down in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a movie that will mark an important first for the franchise. Without a doubt, the Wall-Crawler's fourth MCU solo outing will be his toughest challenge yet. Old villains like Scorpion and new ones like Tombstone and Boomerang seek to make New York City their playground, putting countless lives at stake.
And to make matters worse, there's also a mystery villain on the loose with telepathic powers that they will seemingly use to unleash the Hulk. In the past, Spider-Man would've called up another MCU hero to help him with his giant green problem. However, he's riding solo this time around because everyone forgot all about him at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home.
All Spider-Man will have at his disposal are his own incredible gifts. But even those are going to stir up trouble because the hero's set to undergo a transformation. His strength, senses, and agility will get a significant boost, which will take some getting used to.
Those pale in comparison to the change to Spider-Man's webs, though. The MCU initially took the traditional route with the character's favorite trick, having him create it in a lab. Brand New Day will change everything by giving Peter organic webs, just like the ones Tobey Maguire's Peter 2 had in his trilogy and No Way Home.
Sam Raimi's hero didn't have to wait around for four movies to get his webs. Right after he ended up on the wrong end of a radioactive spider on a school trip, he lost control of his new powers in the lunch room and ticked off Flash Thompson. Peter headed out to test the limits of his abilities and learned he could use the webs to swing.
The two movies that followed Spider-Man had no reason to use manufactured webs. The opposite was true for The Amazing Spider-Man movies, as Marc Webb and Co. opted to have their version of the character create his own. That means Brand New Day will be the first one to feature both kinds of webs, and it may very well be the last as well.
No matter how the highly anticipated movie ends, it's unlikely that Peter will go back to using manufactured webs. There's really no point in putting the genie back in the bottle once it's out. It will certainly be a major shift for a hero who was once grossed out at the sight of organic webs. However, Brand New Day is differentiating itself so much from previous installments that it might be the least of his worries.
Every Way Brand New Day Is Different From All Other Spider-Man Movies
A Detective Story
Most Spider-Man movies follow a blueprint, even the ones in the MCU. A new villain shows up on the scene, and Peter is forced to dig deep to defeat them. And very rarely does he have to seek out the identity of his adversary.
Tom Holland has confirmed that Brand New Day will "feel like a detective movie." One would think Batman had a monopoly on sleuthing in the superhero genre. However, Brand New Day's mystery villain is going to force the titular hero to do plenty of investigating.
A Dark Transformation
As previously mentioned, Peter must learn to control his enhanced abilities in Brand New Day. That's easier said than done, though, as the film's marketing has confirmed that he will lose control from time to time, potentially even hurting his villains in the process.
Spider-Man 3 put the hero on a similar track when it introduced the symbiote. But there's no sign of alien goo in any of Brand New Day's trailers, meaning whatever Peter is going through, no other version of the character has had to face it.
Practical Action
Director Jon Watt had the honor of helming the first three MCU Spider-Man movies, and he did a great job. Few filmmakers could've balanced a coming-of-age story with everything else that accompanies superhero affairs.
Destin Daniel Cretton is taking over for Brand New Day and bringing his expertise in practical action with him. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings showed what he was capable of. Brand New Day appears to be Cretton at the height of his powers as he pits his hero against ninjas, monsters, and all sorts of other bad guys.
Street-Level Allies
Maguire and Garfield had limited options for their supporting cast because they were exclusively under the Sony umbrella. Holland doesn't have that problem since he's connected at the hip with Marvel Studios. And prior to Brand New Day, the braintrust at the company swung for the fences, teaming Spidey up with the likes of Iron Man and Doctor Strange.
The latest Spider-Man flick keeps things grounded, enlisting the help of Frank Castle, aka Punisher, the MCU's deadliest street-level hero. While the two characters will surely take some time to get on the same page, there's no doubt they'll get results.
LATEST NEWS
