Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer

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We’re about six weeks out from the debut of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the follow-up to 2021’s No Way Home. It’s been five years since Spidey graced the big screen, so naturally, Sony Pictures has released a new trailer to build audience anticipation.

(Spoilers for No Way Home below.)

No Way Home ended on a pretty bleak note, with Peter Parker (Tom Holland) asking Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to erase him from everyone’s memory to protect the multiverse, including MJ (Zendaya).

Brand New Day is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). Per the official synopsis:

Four years have passed since the events of 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.

Naturally, Holland is reprising his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, along with Zendaya as MJ and Jacob Batalon as Peter’s former bestie Ned Leeds. The film also features Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/Scorpion (captured by Spider-Man in Homecoming), Marvin Jones III as albino crime lord Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone, and Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil (briefly Peter’s lawyer in No Way Home). Sadie Sink, Liza Colon-Zayas, and Tramell Tillman join the case in as-yet-undisclosed roles.

We learned from the first trailer in March that something strange is happening to Peter physically; he woke up surrounded in webbing and sought the help of Banner. It’s possible that Peter’s DNA is mutating, which, Banner said, “would be enormously dangerous.” But if Peter can make it through this new cycle, he might just get a rebirth—and a fresh trilogy of Holland-starring Spider-Man films.

In the latest trailer, Peter specifically asks Banner if there is a way to get rid of the bad parts and keep the good parts of whatever is going on with his mutation. Banner’s response: “How would you decide what parts of nature are good or bad?”

Meanwhile, our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is faced with a new threat that nobody can see. Peter is the only person who seems to be immune to whatever strange power is affecting everyone else—and the “only one who can sense it.” He does have an ally in Banner, who naturally Hulks out when the situation calls for it. Peter gets a chance to save MJ, who still doesn’t remember their previous reality. And he gets a grumpy pep talk from Frank Castle: “If you’re gonna do something, you’d better do it now.”

Perhaps those new powers will come in handy in the inevitable showdown.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31, 2026.

Jennifer Ouellette Senior Writer Jennifer Ouellette Senior Writer Jennifer is a senior writer at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban. 80 Comments Comments Forum view Loading comments... Prev story Next story

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