Of course, there will always be shared DNA across all Spider-Man movies (webslinging, spider-sense, themes of power and responsibility). However, we did find more specific parallels between the first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day and previous films that are pretty fun to point out (besides the epic comic cover homages).
Spider-Man’s Suit In The Wash — Tobey Maguire
One of the first shots in Spider-Man: Brand New Day sees the MCU’s Peter Parker waiting while his suit is in the wash, trying to keep it clean between patrols. Although it’s rare to see other heroes’ costumes being cleaned on-screen, it’s actually a super relatable moment we’ve seen before with past versions of Spider-Man.
In Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker takes his suit to the laundromat. Despite making sure no one sees his iconic costume, he neglected to wash his suit and mask separately from his whites, resulting in brand-new red and blue-stained underwear and socks.
Spider-Man’s New Organic Webbing — Tobey Maguire
The Brand New Day trailer also sees Peter Parker emerging from a cocoon with enhanced abilities, including organic webbing for the MCU’s Spider-Man. Instead of relying on his traditional mechanical web-shooters, the MCU Spider-Man can just shoot webs without worrying about running out of web fluid.
Naturally, this mirrors Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man, one of the first major examples of organic webs over mechanical webshooters. Interestingly, later comics adopted the idea, with Peter emerging from a cocoon with organic webs to better align with Raimi’s ongoing Spider-Man trilogy.
However, a return to the classic webshooters came with the infamous Brand New Day reboot in the comics. Now, it looks as though the Brand New Day movie will, ironically, give Spider-Man organic webbing rather than taking it away.
Webslinging Slingshot — Tobey Maguire
A brief action shot sees the MCU’s Spider-Man using his webs to launch himself forward like a human slingshot, perhaps testing the limits of his new powers and organic webbing after emerging from the cocoon. Sure enough, it absolutely brings to mind a similar move from Maguire’s Spider-Man in Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man movie, launching himself across the water to face Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin.
Spider-Man’s Sad Small Apartment — Tobey Maguire
At the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker moves into a small New York apartment on his own, and it seems as though he’s still living in the cramped space in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Likewise, it’s all too familiar for fans of Tobey Maguire’s Webslinger, who struggled to afford rent in his own tiny New York apartment. Keeping that in mind, it will be very exciting to learn how the MCU’s Spider-Man is paying his bills (could he be selling photos to The Daily Bugle or delivering pizzas like Maguire’s Parker?).
Spider-Man Receiving Key To The City — Tobey Maguire
A news broadcast in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer sees the MCU’s Spider-Man receiving the key to the city. Notably, Spider-Man is receiving the key from Daredevil: Born Again’s Sheila Rivera, former campaign manager and current political advisor to Mayor Wilson Fisk, raising all kinds of questions about what this new appearance might mean for the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again season 2.
Similarly, Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man also received the key to the city in 2007’s Spider-Man 3 from Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard), though the ceremony did get interrupted by Sandman.
Spider-Man Waking Up With New Power — Tobey Maguire
The most fascinating Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer sees Peter waking up disoriented in a strange location high above the city skyline, emerging from a web cocoon with all-new powers and amplified abilities.
This absolutely echoes Spider-Man 3, with Maguire’s Peter Parker similarly waking up high above the city with no idea how he got there, complete with enhanced abilities thanks to his all-new black symbiote suit (Venom).
Spider-Man Hit By A Van/Truck — Andrew Garfield
One chaotic scene in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer features Spider-Man pursuing an armored vehicle through the streets of New York before getting blindsided by another pursuing vehicle: The Punisher’s battle van.
Hilariously, Spider-Man ends up on the hood of Punisher’s van before Frank Castle shoots the Webslinger, only for Punisher to then get kicked out of his van entirely with his mouth webbed up before he can curse at the younger vigilante.
Hilariously, Spider-Man getting hit by Punisher’s van is strikingly similar to the first act of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which opened with Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man pursuing criminals before being smashed by a pursuing NYPD truck.
Despite being mirrored with the vehicles coming from opposite directions, it’s fun that the framing is incredibly similar.
A Major Mech Suit Rematch (Rhino/Scorpion) — Andrew Garfield
The first Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer also confirms the long-awaited rematch between the MCU’s Spider-Man and Mac Gargan (Michael Mando), now sporting a new mechanized suit, officially becoming the MCU’s Scorpion. Gargan first made his MCU debut nine years ago in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, promising retribution against the Webslinger in the movie’s post-credits scene. However, he has never made future MCU appearances…until now.
This definitely mirrors The Amazing Spider-Man 2, where Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man first fought Aleksei Sytsevich early on, only for him to return later as the heavily armored Rhino with a full-on mech suit given to him by Oscorp. Overall, it’s a very similar escalation where a relatively minor threat evolves into a much bigger supervillain with a major grudge against their respective Spider-Man.
Hanging Out Upside Down — Spider-Verse
The Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer opens with the MCU’s Peter Parker casually sitting upside down from a steel beam high above the city while watching videos of Ned and MJ, his best friends who no longer remember him in the wake of Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Likewise, the image absolutely brings to mind 2023’s Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, where Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy share a conversation while also sitting upside down, a fun move unique to those with spider powers. Additionally, the MCU’s Spider-Man then dives off the building, evoking the always iconic “What’s Up Danger?” moment from Miles Morales in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
A Pigeon Attack? – Spider-Verse
One quick comedic beat in the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer sees the MCU’s Spider-Man crashing into a flock of pigeons during a rooftop maneuver. It’s a pretty funny moment amid all the intensity in the trailer, perhaps the result of Spider-Man still getting a handle on his new webs and strength.
However, it’s hilariously not the first time we’ve seen a Spider-Man struggling with pigeons. In 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales’ first day with his new powers saw him struggling with his new stickiness. Finding himself on the side of the Brooklyn Visions Academy, a flock of pigeons flies straight into Miles, with two unfortunate birds getting stuck to the brand-new Spider-Man’s hands.
That said, Spider-Man’s encounters with pigeons aren’t always so chaotic. After all, fans of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games should be familiar with the heartwarming side missions where Spider-Man helps an elderly man named Howard retrieve all of his runaway birds across the city.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day releases in theaters on July 31st from Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures.
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July 31, 2026
- Director
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Destin Daniel Cretton