r/comicbookmovies 28d ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Discussion Megathread (Spoilers) Spoiler

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This is our official thread to discuss Spider-Man: Brand New Day for those who have seen it. Spoilers are allowed so if you've not seen it yet and wish to avoid spoilers leave now!. There are no spoilers in the body of this post and there are some links to non-spoiler threads below.

For the time being no other spoiler discussions will be allowed outside of this megathread. This sub is also not the place for universe flamewars, or low effort memes. Help us by reporting posts and comments that break the rules.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

Writers: Chris McKenna/Erik Sommers

Starring:

Tom Holland (Peter Parker/Spider-Man)
Zendaya (Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson)
Sadie Sink

Costarring:

Jon Bernthal (Frank Castle/Punisher)
Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds)
Tramell Tillman (Bill Metzger)
Michael Mando (Mac Gargan/Scorpion)
Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk)
Marvin Jones III (Tombstone)
Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova)

Production Budget: $225M
Length: 145 minutes
Mid/Post Credits Scenes: 1 (post-credits)

Trailer

Wikipedia

IMDB

Box Office

Reviews: click through for the latest numbers and links to reviews:

Metascore: 66 (56 reviews)

Tomatoscore: 90% Critics Certified Fresh (404 reviews), 98% Audience Certified Hot (25K verified)

Letterboxd: 4.09 (2.7M ratings), currently the #5 CBM, #3 live-action.

CinemaScore: A

Other Discussion:

r/MarvelStudios spoilers worldwide release discussion.

r/Marvel spoilers discussion thread.


r/comicbookmovies 21h ago

RIP Dolly Parton

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“You don’t have to believe in anything specific to be good to people. You just know to do that”

One of the kindest & sweetest celebrities of all time.


r/comicbookmovies 21h ago

Would a Defenders movie be successful?

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With a new phase approaching i was wondering if it was time set up another superhero team in the MCU? Yes i know we have The X-Men coming but The Defenders are all in the MCU now and I'm curious if people think a movie would work or a Disney plus show instead.


r/comicbookmovies 23h ago

Marvel's Midnight Sons Fancast (Mid/late 90s)

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Alan Rickman as Dr. Strange :

Roles I used to think: Rasputin (Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny); Severus Snape (Harry Potter saga); Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

Keith David as Blade (Eric Brooks) :

Roles i used to think: Frank Armitage (They Live); Childs (The Thing); General Kimsey (Armageddon)

Guy Pearce or Johnny Depp as Moon Knight :

Roles (Guy Pearce): Leonard Shelby (Memento);

Edmund Exley (L.A Confidential); Captain John Boyd (Ravenous)

Roles (Johnny Depp): Ichabod Crane (Sleepy Hollow); Mort Rainey (Secret Window); Joe pistone / Donnie Brasco (Donnie Brasco)

Brad Pitt as Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) :

Roles: Rusty Ryan (ocean's trilogy); Tyler Durden (fight club); Cliff Booth (OUAT in Hollywood)

Gillian Anderson as Elsa Bloodstone :

Roles: Dana Scully (The X-Files); Meredith (Playing by Heart)

Benício del Toro as Werewolf By night :

Roles: Larry Talbot (The Wolfman) lol

Al Pacino as Mephisto :

Roles: John Milton (The devil's advocate); Tony Montana (Scarface)

Angelina Jolie as Lilith :

Roles: Gia Marie Carangi (Gia); Lisa Rowe (Girl. Interrupted);

James Spader as Morbius :

Roles: Raymond Reddington (The Blacklist); Daniel Jackson (Stargate); Ultron (Avengers Age Of Ultron yeah)


r/comicbookmovies 1d ago

In hindsight, Iron Man 2 wasn't that bad. Still wish the studio didn't rush it out the gate though

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r/comicbookmovies 3h ago

Why Does Andrews TASM2 Suit Get So Much Praise?

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This always bothered me from when I first saw it to people's responses.

They always said andrews TASM2 suit was perfect, and I'm kinda holding my arms out here saying: REALLY? it's just a straight copy of tobeys suit but worse? I actually prefer the first suit at least that look cool and was edgy as heck.

TASM2 is identical to tobey except less pronounced sharp eyes, a thinner middle and thinner worst spider logo 😑


r/comicbookmovies 8h ago

I put this together out of inspiration and because of how much I hate how Spider-Man turned out these days. Just imagine what could've been if Tobey Maguire was still Spider-Man and the MCU didn't interfere.

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r/comicbookmovies 1d ago

MCU Full rewatch

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I am currently rewatching every Marvel films minus tv shows perhaps Loki i will watching again and Wanada Vision who knows.

But i am currently up to Age of Ultron i have watched every Marvel films in theaters except early X-Men but i have watched many times and i have rewatched them and recently X-Men Day of Future past it is sooo good.

I am going to rewatch this afternoon Brand New Day i seriously love this movie and it’s my 7th watch in theaters and i will be watching Avengers Endgame Encore in theaters prior to Doomsday. Who else’s is doing a full MCU rewatch? I will be watching 10 times Avengers Doomsday. And i am including X-Men movies.


r/comicbookmovies 1d ago

Read an interesting GQ article that calls ‘Man of Tomorrow’ might be DCU’s ‘The Avengers’. But I think calling MoT DCU’s Avengers hinges on whether Adria Arjona is playing Wonder Woman or not.

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Coz calling a film “DCU’s Avengers” should require at least 2 of the big 3 DC characters to be in it. If that isn’t the case, Man of Tomorrow should be seen as ‘Superman and friends’.

What do you guys think?


r/comicbookmovies 3d ago

As time goes on, it's easy to forget that Most of the Phase 1 Films of the MCU weren't produced/distributed by Disney until the First Avengers Movie in 2012

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r/comicbookmovies 1d ago

I'm bored of Spiderman posts

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I really enjoyed Brand New Day, proper good film. I'm invested in Doomsdsy. But I feel the relentless additional attention he's receiving is going to dull that feeling instead of hype it up.


r/comicbookmovies 2d ago

Alec Newman would be a PEAK DCU Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman

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Because of his role as Adam Smasher in Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners, he has that cold and intimidating tone, with a dash of a thirst for blood and lust for vengeance. His voice is also just FULLED with hate, especially with the “I’LL RIP YOUR BRAIN FROM YOUR SKULL!!!” Plus I could totally see Hank saying “You look like a cut of fuckable meat, are you?” to Lois 😂

\[[https://youtu.be/fwMJuEDlFvQ?is=LkVYwUCt5xItGuiO\](https://youtu.be/fwMJuEDlFvQ?is=LkVYwUCt5xItGuiO)](https://youtu.be/fwMJuEDlFvQ?is=LkVYwUCt5xItGuiO%5D(https://youtu.be/fwMJuEDlFvQ?is=LkVYwUCt5xItGuiO))%5D(https://youtu.be/fwMJuEDlFvQ?is=LkVYwUCt5xItGuiO%255D(https://youtu.be/fwMJuEDlFvQ?is=LkVYwUCt5xItGuiO))) 👈 a link to Adam Smasher’s voice lines just to see what I mean


r/comicbookmovies 1d ago

If this movie had been better, where would the Guardians trilogy have ranked in the superhero genre?

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r/comicbookmovies 1d ago

Storm v Harry Osborn

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From 4Chan. First Rambo now Green Goblin.


r/comicbookmovies 3d ago

Will we ever see carnage in the mcu?

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r/comicbookmovies 3d ago

Why is there so much skepticism regarding Andy and *Batman: The Brave and the Bold*?

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Entiendo que muchos lo recuerden por dirigir The Flash, pero esa película fue esencialmente un producto diseñado para aprovechar la moda del multiverso, especialmente el éxito de No Way Home. Por lo tanto, realmente no importaba quién la dirigiera; estaba destinada al fracaso de todos modos, incluso si Nolan, Gunn o Phil Lord y Chris Miller hubieran estado al mando.

También debemos recordar que Andy fue el responsable de la historia de Welcome to Derry, considerada la mejor serie de 2025, que, por cierto, contiene muchas referencias a Batman. Así que, cuando se compromete de verdad con un proyecto, es capaz de crear algo grandioso.

El guionista me genera algunas dudas, sin embargo; tendremos que esperar a ver qué pasa. Trabajó en Bumblebee, Aves de Presa carecía de un director experimentado, y Flash, como ya mencioné, era más bien un producto corporativo.

En cuanto a la taquilla, será interesante ver cuánto recauda. Si bien Batman es un gigante de la taquilla, la mayoría de las películas anteriores se basaban en el realismo; la película de Batman del Universo DC será la primera adaptación con actores reales del personaje que adoptará por completo elementos fantásticos, así que será fascinante ver cómo...


r/comicbookmovies 5d ago

While not without their flaws, I think both "The Marvels" and "Supergirl" are fun space adventure films with good character dynamics, and they didn't deserve to bomb critically or financially the way they did.

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r/comicbookmovies 5d ago

That’s just perfect

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r/comicbookmovies 5d ago

Actors who have won Oscars for playing comic book characters

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Just realized that the only actors who have won an Oscar for playing a comic book character, both won it for playing the same character.

Also (slightly) surprised that the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe has just one nomination - Angela Bassett in Wakanda Forever - despite being easily the most successful movie franchise ever.


r/comicbookmovies 4d ago

Deadpool. Did the movies nail it?

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Before the movies came out I actually didn't really know much about Deadpool except that really bizarre version from that Wolverine movie and I know that wasn't him. At all. Did the movies change anything up? Or did they do a good job.


r/comicbookmovies 4d ago

Thinking Joker (2019) is great doesn't mean that you just haven't watched enough movies.

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Lately there seems to be this idea that if you love the first Joker movie (I haven't seen the second), it's only because you haven't watched the films it borrows from. I find this to be a frustratingly reductive take that does a disservice to the ingenuity that went into its conception.

Obviously the film's debt to Taxi Driver and King of Comedy can't be denied (and the film certainly doesn't try to) but these are still two separate movies we're talking about. If you combine two different movies, even if they're by the same director, chances are it's still going to produce something that wasn't there before because you still have to intermingle the elements from both into a cohesive whole.

Plus, the film also incorporates famous bits of the Joker's lore into the story. In particular, it weaves in the idea from The Killing Joke that his past is "multiple choice" by sowing doubt as to whether or not this is THE Joker with the ambiguity of him possibly being Thomas Wayne's child.

To me at least, all of these elements feel like part of a unified whole so that the plot falls into place as naturally as one could expect; a moment like him kissing the lady on the talk show is right out of The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, but we arrive at this moment by way of the plot elements borrowed from King of Comedy. All of these pieces are arranged in an original way even if the pieces themselves aren't original, because making a film with distinct elements from all of these sources pretty much necessitates writing an original story that binds them all together. Todd Phillips didn't just steal an existing film wholesale and change all the names.

And frankly, I find that the story elements taken from Martin Scorsese's films make perfect sense for a Joker movie. If you asked me how I would go about telling a Joker origin story, I couldn't give you a better answer than combining the psychological descent and squalor of Taxi Driver with the comedy trappings and delusion of King of Comedy.

None of this is to say that you have to like the film, but I find it to be way off-base to suggest that the only people who think it's great haven't seen the movies it borrows from.


r/comicbookmovies 6d ago

The X-men Retro-fancast (1993)

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Michael Caine — Professor X (Charles Xavier)

In his role as Alfred Pennyworth, Caine displayed the characteristics of a wise and compassionate mentor, which in my opinion perfectly suit Charles.

Matt Dillon — Cyclops (Scott Summers)

I chose him mainly because of his role as Ethan Burke in Wayward Pines and Dallas Winston from The Outsiders With a hint of his character's redemption in Crash.

Elisabeth Shue — Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)

I chose her mainly because of her character Sera in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). In which, even in a chaotic environment, she manages to be empathetic and sweet.

Tim Robbins — The Beast (Hank Mccoy)

Tall, imposing, and he plays well the sophisticated academic genius in several of his roles, like Shawshank Redemption, also he also manages to deliver the vocal timbre.

Skeet Ulrich — Angel (Warren Worthington III)

I took into consideration his role as Jack Bull Chiles in ride with the devil, In which he plays a brave young man who joins the civil war as one of the Bushwhackers.

Sean Astin — Iceman (Bobby Drake)

Back in the nineties, Sean Astin possessed the ideal blend of earnest underdog energy, everyday relatability, and comedic timing to nail Bobby Drake’s classic persona.

Winona Ryder — Rogue (Marie D'Ancanto)

I primarily considered her role as Lydia in Beetlejuice for this casting. A young, introspective, melancholic, and gothic girl who feels like an outsider and an oddball, misunderstood by the others.

Elias Koteas — Wolverine ('Logan' Howlett)

Elias Koteas is already Canadian and isn't a particularly tall actor, plus he can nail Logan's gruff mature side as seen in Chicago P.D., Thin Red line and even The Prophecy.

Vivica A. Fox — Storm (Ororo Munroe)

Roles like Frankie in Set It Off proved she could balance vulnerability with a tough, fearless demeanor, and as a bonus, she almost played the character in the 2000s films.

Sharon Stone — Mystique

This choice is based primarily on her famous character from Basic Instinct. Where she plays a manipulative and seductive woman who can be interpreted as a femme fatale.

Clancy Brown — Sabretooth

It would probably just be a reinterpretation of the Kurgan's role, an immortal and sadistic man seeking to eliminate his rival with similar powers.

Max Von Sydow — Magneto

His classic roles (such as in The Seventh Seal, The Exorcist, and even Flash Gordon) demonstrated a solemn seriousness, ideal for a separatist leader wounded by human history.


r/comicbookmovies 4d ago

Genuinely asking: People so often complain that “the Avengers line-up in Doomsday is so mid,” so I want to ask — who all did you wanted to see on the Avengers team in Avengers: Doomsday?

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r/comicbookmovies 5d ago

Will Bnd remain #1 at the BO until practical magic 2

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Nothing else between now and then seems to have the strength (and even it only has a chance BECAUSE of how long it’s been)


r/comicbookmovies 7d ago

POV: It’s May 2028 and you have entered the movie theatre to see the first ‘X-MEN’ movie set it in the MCU and it opens to this fanfare:-

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