Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has been an amazing addition to the Marvel Universe, but it’s taken some time to bring him in line with the friendly neighborhood wallcrawler fans are used to seeing. Though he’s appeared in a whopping six films, it wasn’t until his third solo adventure that he felt like Spider-Man at all.
No Way Home brought the hero back to basics, and crucially (if briefly) brought his most famous villains into the MCU, setting the stage for a more straightforward new trilogy. Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which Holland has touted as “a fresh start” for the character, will build on that foundation. With Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton on board and a title borrowed from a divisive comic series, Brand New Day is shaping up to be the reboot that no one expected.
