Details on the fourth MCU Spider-Man film, and Spidey projects beyond it.
They scrapped a scene that featured Spider-Man vs tons of classic villains
Destin Daniel Cretton says they ultimately had to scrap a major fight scene with tons of classic Spidey villains. The designs were all finished. He added, ‘maybe we will bring it back for the next film’.
Kevin Feige says Miles Morales is destined to join the MCU
“We definitely have plans [for Miles Morales] … I think live-action Spider-Man movies have this destiny: to add Miles at some point after the Spider-Verse series is completed”
More MCU Spider-Man films are coming
We’ve been thinking and discussing more Spider-Man adventures, regardless of agreements or contracts. My production partner, Amy Pascal, is already working on it, and we’ve had in-depth discussions about what the next two, three, four, and five Spider-Man movies might be about.” — Kevin Feige
Destin Daniel Cretton says to see the film on the ‘biggest IMAX screen you can find‘
The movie is ‘made for IMAX’, and they shot scenes for the format. It’s not releasing anywhere in the US on IMAX due to The Odyssey taking those screens.
“You will feel like you’re standing on the edge of a skyscraper … you’ll feel the web vibrating as you’re swinging 100+ MPH through NYC.”
Tom Holland teases that one day he’s sure we will see Spider-Man in the symbiote suit
In an interview with Cineplex while answering a question for a young fan, he couldn’t reveal if it’s going to happen in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Tom Holland wants to team up with Joseph Quinn’s Human Torch
“Johnny Storm, I think they have some really fun stuff in the comics, and I think we would get on really well … that would be cool.”
Joseph Quinn previously said he’d love to appear with Tom Holland’s Spidey:
Kevin Feige has also commented on this potential team-up during the Fantastic Four press tour:
“That’s one of the key relationships in the comics … and we’ve never been able to come close to it before … Now it’s in the realm of possibility.”
Tom Holland is surprised that fans love how miserable Peter Parker looks in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
“I was so shocked by people’s reactions when they saw the trailer for the first time and were saying: ‘I’m so happy that he’s miserably throwing himself off the building’ … What’s wrong with people?”
The scene in the trailer where he blacks out they had to shoot twice, with him actually hitting the ground.
Tom Holland is extra proud of Brand New Day and The Odyssey because he’s had to lie in the past about some of the ‘shit’ movies he’s been in
“When you’re doing press for movies you’re really proud of, it’s really easy. Because when they ask you questions about why should people go and watch this movie, you’re not lying to anyone. You really feel like people should go see it”
“I’ve had experiences before when people say, ‘Why should you see this movie?’ And in the back of your mind, you’re like, ‘You shouldn’t, because it’s shit.’”
Tom Holland ‘hated’ an early cut of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
“They took all of the notes from [test screenings], and then they changed the movie … we hated it … It totally didn’t work. It was what the people were asking for, but it wasn’t quite what we wanted as the creatives, but they learned lessons from it … A movie can change a thousand different ways in the edit room.”
Sadie Sink says there are a lot of ‘practical effects and stunts’ in the film
“I kind of was expecting just like all green screen. But no, that wasn’t the case at all.”
Being in the film was ‘surreal’ for her because she grew up watching Tom Holland’s Spider-Man films.
Spider-Man producers want Tom Holland to play the character forever and Kevin Feige says there are Spider-Man 5 plans
“We hope Tom’s going to be our Spider-Man forever.” — Amy Pascal
“There are always plans. But right now, Tom Holland is going to rest after that global tour. He and Zendaya are going to take a good and restful victory lap, which they very much deserve.” — Kevin Feige
Tom Holland has no idea what Avengers: Secret Wars is about
It seems he will likely appear, given the post-credit tease in Brand New Day. He claims though to know nothing and that may be by design. He even recently went on vacation with Joe Russo and wasn’t told anything.
Kevin Feige teases the ending of Spider-Man: Brand New Day
“It leads into another very well-known Marvel franchise created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.”
Two options for this could be one of the upcoming Avengers films, or X-Men. Jean Grey was spotted headed on a bus out of NYC, and we know the X-Mansion is traditionally located in New York.
The post-credit tag showed Spider-Man in space. This was clearly in reference to Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, as Ned had been using the Spidey Tracker for him. A popular theory is Secret Wars will involve Battleworld.
Some fans think it could be a reference to The Fantastic Four, but that’s unlikely in comparison to the other scenarios.
When Destin Daniel Cretton was asked about the post-credit scene in an interview with The Wrap, he said viewers ‘will find out’ and also delved into his thoughts with post-credit scenes in general, tying it to Shang-Chi :
“I do think it’s frustrating when these things are like left out in the open, and you never see them. And Shang-Chi is one of those. It’s still hanging out there. I have every intention of answering the question.”
Tom Holland on sharing the screen with Florence Pugh
“I absolutely loved working with Florence. The scene went incredibly smoothly and she was the funniest person in the room.”
Tom Holland performed ‘water-cutting’ for their scene together
“I had tried to do that stupid dehydration thing for that scene. No water the day before … loads of water the day before that … I tried to see if it made a difference, and the only thing it did was make me really grumpy.
Sony CEO Tom Rothman says there are no more ‘Spider-Man’ spin-offs in development
“Ultimately, the audience wasn’t satisfied enough with them. Whether that’s a fair assessment of those movies, who knows. That’s howling into the wind. The audience is the boss, and they didn’t respond. It’s as simple as that.”
When asked if they are developing more spinoff films:
“Right now, we don’t know. We never looked at it as the “Sony-Marvel Universe.” We looked at if there were worthwhile movies to make with other characters. At the moment, there are none in active development.”
Tom Holland improvised key line in the film
Tom Holland improvised a crucial line in the scene where Peter visits Aunt May’s grave near the end of the film
“[He] came up to me and said, “I’m just going to try some dialogue.” I said, “Great.” So we mic’d him up, and he squatted down, gave the flowers to Aunt May, and said the lines that ended up in the movie.
At the time, I didn’t think much of it. I was just letting him improvise. But as soon as he said, “You’d be happy to know that I’ve decided I’m not going to do this alone anymore,” that statement became the north star of the entire movie.”
— Destin Daniel Cretton
Destin Daniel Cretton says that he asked for Jean Grey to be in the film
“It was not a mandate, it was a request. We asked.”
He knew he wanted a teenager with telepathic powers that could mirror Peter Parker’s loneliness.
Kevin Feige says she will play a ‘key role’ in the future of the MCU. She’s expected to appear in Avengers: Secret Wars, after a Deadline reporter said she will be filming scenes for the franchise in 2026, which lines up with when the project starts filming.
Jackie Chan’s stunt team did not work on the film after all
Destin Daniel Cretton says that was a false story that his team worked on it. Stunts were handled by Peng Zhang, who studied under Brad Allen. Allen was a disciple of Jackie Chan. Zhang also previously was a fight coordinator on Shang-Chi. Jackie Chan did visit the set while filming commenced.
Destin Daniel Cretton was offered to direct Avengers: Doomsday but turned it down
“I couldn’t find my way into it. When I told Kevin Feige I didn’t think I was the right fit for that, he mentioned ‘Spidey’ in the room, which was a huge relief to me because I thought he’d be like, OK, see you later.”
He didn’t hear about the project for awhile and had started work on another screenplay when Feige reached back out. He then met with Amy Pascal. 5-6 months later she called him and said ‘we still don’t have a script but we really want you to do this movie.
Cretton is also ‘definitely‘ open to directing a Spider-Man 5
“I loved working with Tom and Z and this entire cast… Would I be open to doing another movie? … Definitely.”
Naruto Easter egg was spotted in Ned’s room
It’s a nod to director Destin Daniel Cretton, who’s also directing the live-action Naruto movie.
The film was planned to be ‘street-level’ even before Destin Daniel Cretton was hired
“We knew we couldn’t go bigger than three Spider-Mans, so we had to go deeper with Peter Parker … whenever we sit down to decide, to think about what the next movie should be, we always think about what the Peter Parker story should be. And it really is about focusing more on Peter than Spider-Man, which makes a good movie.”
“The wonderful thing about Peter is he’s just a kid with no money and no girlfriend, and no game. That’s what makes him such a heroic character and such a mythic character for people, because all he is is a good guy.”
— Amy Pascal
“They pitched it to me as we can’t go bigger so we have to go deeper. They wanted to take the franchise ‘back to street level.'”
— Destin Daniel Cretton
“I combed through the internet … The fans really wanted this street-level Spider-Man movie that felt relatable, that didn’t necessarily feel like saving the world, but maybe saving himself, and I think we’ve done that.”
Actor Niyi Akin thanks fans for supporting his performance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
“Thank you so much … I remember saying to my family ‘I hope I get to be in Spider-Man one day’ … This a dream come true … Your friendly neighborhood superfan.”
Destin Daniel Cretton put a picture of Hulk’s kid Skaar in the film
“I’m glad people are finding it.” He said that with a laugh and wouldn’t comment further.
The scene Tom Holland and Zendaya asked them to reshoot was the scene with Spider-Man making LEGOs with Ned
Tom Holland told a story on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast involving an ineffective scene that shut down production for the day in order for Cretton and his on-set writer, Justin Kuritzkes, to rework. Jacob Batalon confirms that it was the scene that is now represented as Ned and Spider-Man building Star Wars Legos and quoting The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, as MJ draws Ned and an unmasked Spider-Man.
“That was one of the scenes where some work had to be done to really polish it. We shot [a version of that scene] the day before, and it didn’t really feel as organic and as real as we were used to. So that was a day where we all stopped filming, and then we sat down to put a bunch of ideas together for the scene. Then Destin and his writing partner [Justin Kuritzkes] were able to rewrite and fix that scene. They made it what it is in the movie.”
Michael Mando has talked with Destin Daniel Cretton about the Scorpion / Venom storyline
“The potential growth of [Mac Gargan] is enormous. Brand New Day is level one of this character’s potential, and he has at least two or three levels up from here, one of them being the ultimate form of Venom. That’s exciting to think about for a moment, but I’ve got to let it go because it’s in the hands of Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal. They know what they’re doing, and I have to trust that.”
Tom Holland wore black scleral contact lenses
Tom Holland’s brother, Paddy, drew the picture of Peter Parker and Ned Leeds building LEGO
Tom Holland wrote to the crew who worked on the film
Sadie Sink shares her reaction to finding out what V-MAX meant in the film
“Well, at first, I was like, “Is the sister in the vent?” Then I kept on reading the script, and I was like, “Oh my god, wait, that’s so much better that it means absolutely nothing.”
Tom Holland wore a Cyclops Cam for some POV shots
Cyclops is a head-mounted POV camera system designed to capture footage exactly as the operator sees it. Developed by cinematographer James Medcraft.
Traditional POV rigs tend to introduce compromises. Either the camera setup gets in the way of the operator, or the resulting footage doesn’t quite match what the human eye sees. In many cases, both. Cyclops was developed to remove those compromises entirely. The system uses custom optics to reflect the wearer’s view directly into the camera, capturing a natural field of view and depth of field, while still allowing the operator to interact freely with the scene.
More footage of how it’s used on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_05zKAQpf
