Though 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home served as an effective conclusion to the trilogy that began in 2017 with Spider-Man: Homecoming, we’re not done spending time with Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings onto the 2026 movies schedule this summer, and this time around, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Destin Daniel Cretton is sitting in the director’s chair. Though Brand New Day obviously follows the events of No Way Home, Crete detailed why it was important that this upcoming Marvel movie feel “different” from its Spidey-centric predecessors.
In addition to Shang-Chi and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Destin Daniel Cretton is also the co-creator of Wonder Man, the Disney+ subscription-exclusive series that premieres on the 2026 TV schedule next week. While talking with Comicbook about his work on this project introducing Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, Cretton explained how the goal to do something different with Wonder Man was similar to what he did on Brand New Day:
