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Film Phase 6 — Doomsday (2026)

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

"A brand new day starts now."

Released July 31, 2026 2h 10m ★ 8.0TMDB ★ Essential

Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn't remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter Parker he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see.

Watch note

Peter fights crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that no longer remembers him, and the strain of watching his friends move on sparks a transformation he can barely control. A shocking new threat forces him to fight for the city and everyone he loves. The last MCU film before Doomsday. Jon Bernthal appears as Frank Castle / the Punisher.

Why It Matters in the MCU

The second reboot of the Sony-MCU Spider-Man series follows No Way Home's identity erasure to its logical endpoint — a Peter Parker who must rebuild his life with no legacy to lean on and no mentor to replace. The Brand New Day premise allows the film to interrogate whether Spider-Man's value is in the person behind the mask or the idea the mask represents. It is a structural reset with genuine creative potential, built on No Way Home's most radical creative decision: that walking away from everything you've built is sometimes the only honest move.

Watch These First

18 titles lead into Spider-Man: Brand New Day — 40 hours in total, 13 of them essential.

  1. Captain America: The First Avenger Essential 2h 4m ★ 7.0
  2. Thor Essential 1h 55m ★ 6.8
  3. The Avengers Essential 2h 23m ★ 8.1
  4. Iron Man 3 2h 10m ★ 6.9
  5. Thor: The Dark World 1h 52m ★ 6.5
  6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier Essential 2h 16m ★ 7.7
  7. Guardians of the Galaxy Essential 2h 1m ★ 7.9
  8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2h 16m ★ 7.6
  9. Avengers: Age of Ultron Essential 2h 21m ★ 7.3
  10. Captain America: Civil War Essential 2h 27m ★ 7.4
  11. Black Panther Essential 2h 14m ★ 7.4
  12. Spider-Man: Homecoming 2h 13m ★ 7.3
  13. Doctor Strange Essential 1h 55m ★ 7.4
  14. Thor: Ragnarok Essential 2h 10m ★ 7.6
  15. Avengers: Infinity War Essential 2h 29m ★ 8.2
  16. Avengers: Endgame Essential 3h 2m ★ 8.2
  17. Spider-Man: Far From Home 2h 9m ★ 7.4
  18. Spider-Man: No Way Home Essential 2h 28m ★ 7.9

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Where It Fits in the MCU

Spider-Man: Brand New Day sits at position 162 of 165 in the MCU's story-chronological order, placing it within the Phase 6 — Doomsday (2026) era. It is rated Essential — must-watch for following the main MCU narrative. Watching in story-chronological order provides the most coherent character development experience — individual arcs build naturally toward the franchise's major crossover events, with each film's post-credits scenes carrying forward into what follows.

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Official Trailer

Cast

Tom Holland
Tom Holland
Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Sadie Sink
Sadie Sink
Jean Grey
Tramell Tillman
Tramell Tillman
William 'Bill' Metzger
Zendaya
Zendaya
MJ
Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal
Frank Castle / Punisher
Jacob Batalon
Jacob Batalon
Ned Leeds
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Liza Colón-Zayas
Liza Colón-Zayas
Detective Jean DeWolff
Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh
Yelena Belova / Black Widow
Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei
May Parker

Post-Credits Scene

There is one scene, at the very end of the credits, and no mid-credits scene. No character appears on screen. It is the interface of Ned Leeds' Spider-Tracker — the app he builds earlier in the film, having kept his memory of Spider-Man but not of Peter Parker — registering a new sighting. The map pulls back from New York, then from Earth entirely, and settles on the spider symbol somewhere in open space beyond the Moon. Nothing explains how Peter got there. The scene ends on a "Spider-Man Will Return" card.

Where reports disagree: Which film this leads into is still open. Tom Holland was not in the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement, which is why most outlets read the off-world ending as a Secret Wars setup — Battleworld would account for Peter being off Earth. But Marvel has said Doomsday holds unannounced casting, and some reporting still places Spider-Man in it. Neither film is named on screen, so either reading is an inference rather than something the scene states.

Reporting: Variety , Deadline , Den of Geek , Forbes

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