Your friendly neighbor Spider-Man… is going through some hard times. In "Spider-Man Brand New Day," Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is adapting to life in complete isolation in New York City.As you may or may not recall (based on the events of the film's 2021 predecessor "No Way Home"), Peter had everyone's memories erased after his identity had been exposed to the world, putting those he loved the most in danger. After having lost his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), Peter vowed he wouldn't let what happened to her happen to the love of his life, MJ (Zendaya), nor his best friend, Ned (Jacob Batalon).
So their memories of him are gone and his only connection to them is him stalking Ned's Instagram videos showing him and MJ living their best lives as students at MIT, something they talked about doing in high school. AS ‘THE ODYSSEY’ THRIVES AT THE BOX OFFICE, FRANCHISE FATIGURE HITS SUMMER WITH BOMBS LIKE ‘SUPERGIRL,’ ‘MOANA’ Tom Holland stars as Spider-Man in Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." ( Courtesy of Sony Pictures)Meanwhile, a mysterious, telepathic villain is wreaking havoc in the Big Apple, jumping from body to body in the search for something dubbed "V-Max." This foe can take over anyone's mind, but meets its match with Spider-Man, of course.
"Brand New Day" has a cast filled with familiar faces from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, like Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Frank Castle aka The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) as well as new ones like Detective Jean DeWolff (Liza Colón-Zayas of "The Bear" fame), who forms a partnership with Spider-Man — think a Batman/James Gordon dynamic — iconic Spider-Man foe Scorpion (Michael Mando) and Bill Metzger ("Severance" star Tramell Tillman), the chief of the U.S.Department of Damage Control created to repair the damage done from superhero fighting and contain whatever dangers that are left behind. I would be remiss if I didn't mention "Stranger Things" breakout Sadie Sin...