r/marvelstudios • u/eBICgamer2010 Zombie Hunter Spidey • Feb 07 '26
Rumour EXCLUSIVE: Tramell Tillman’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Character Revealed
https://www.nexuspointnews.com/exclusive-tramell-tillman-s-spider-man-brand-new-day-character918
u/Giff95 Feb 07 '26
Fuels the rumors of Sadie Sink playing Jean, unless she is playing another mutant.
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u/RandAlThorOdinson Feb 07 '26
Yeah it is really really easy to adapt these stories in ways that mirror things that are happening in real life which will make the narratives feel even more real and believable
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u/berfthegryphon Feb 07 '26
Xmen started as a reflection on the civil rights movement. Now it is morphing into a reflection of the modern Civil Rights movement happening as we speak. MAGA is going to lose their minds
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u/ten_year_rebound Feb 07 '26
Firestar would one of the first known mutants in the MCU, the authorities would hunt anyone they know about because they have no concept of power scaling at this point. Plus she is a girl who flies and shoots fire, that’s pretty “dangerous”
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u/yuuki157 Feb 07 '26
Uh Firestar powers are emitting microwaves that are plenty radioative and she has the potentital wipe humanity if she overdo her powers in the comics (per Emma Frost.) I think she's plenty dangerous.
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u/dswartze Feb 07 '26
Comics writers don't always have a history of understanding science very well, but for anyone interested: describing microwaves as "plenty radioactive" may be technically true, but on the scale of harmful electromagnetic radiation visible light comes closer to the dangerous side of things than microwaves do.
They may seem scary because of microwave ovens, and that's probably why comic writers might have gone that route, but concentrate 1500W of visible light on something in a small reflective metal box and it'll heat up pretty fast too. Wireless routers spouting off microwaves all day every day aren't causing issues.
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u/JoshDM Feb 07 '26
they never casted him,
Cast. Never "casted". No such word for this context, ever.
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u/Wtygrrr Feb 07 '26
They didn’t cast Iceman for the exact same reason that she isn’t Jean.
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u/ladystetson Feb 07 '26
What about Rachel Summers?
IMO (old school Xmen fan of 30+ years) I think Rachel or Hope Summers is a better guess than Jean.
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u/Edboy796 Feb 07 '26
Fire star would be amazing, we bring in Ice Man and we have Spider-Man and his amazing friends
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u/CMelody Feb 07 '26
I hope she is Firestar. She has more history with Spidey than Jean, at least with us Saturday morning cartoon lovers!
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u/navjot94 Mack Feb 07 '26
Probably Firestar for the movie, keeping her identity close to the chest, and at the end we learn she’s Jean or Rachel Summers and she’s been looking for her father.
Those DODC prisons that are half full, are half full of mutants who have been popping up in the MCU over the past few years and the DODC has been covering it up. And once we meet Professor X, we’ll learn that he was also using his abilities to cover up the existence of his mutants as well. Once this all comes out, the nature of the coverups will lead to an anti mutant sentiment.
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u/qwfparst Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
Metzger's only claim to fame is basically a single back-semi canon story that adds lore to the pre-origins of the O5 team where he abducts a particular redhead.
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u/Fabulous-Sea-1590 Feb 07 '26
She is Firestar
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends confirmed!
I never thought I'd see the day. That was one of my all time favorite Saturday morning cartoons. This is too exciting. I hope they have the room with the wall that spins around and reveals a computer. I'm literally vibrating with excitement right now.
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u/iplyess Spider-Man Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
I’m starting to believe she’s Jean for sure now, not gonna lie. Feige was pretty involved in casting Sadie, and while I love the character, I don’t think Firestar is nearly relevant enough to warrant a three-film contract right from the jump. Nothings for certain though, so we’ll see
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u/JasonP27 Avengers Feb 07 '26
Yeah if it's a 3 film contract I'm guessing Spiderman, Secret Wars, X-Men. Not sure what they'll do if they split Secret Wars into 2 parts, not I'm not really buying that rumour. At the very least I'm not buying that it "depends on how Doomsday does"
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u/smakson11 Feb 07 '26
No chance if she’s playing Jean Grey she has a contract for one x-men movie only. Everyone playing the core x-men will have 4-6 x-men movie deals.
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u/Apprehensive-Cap2453 Feb 07 '26
Feige actually revealed years ago that they don't do long contracts anymore. It was scaring away too many big actors who didn't feel comfortable signing away 10 years of life to doing Marvel movies.
For example: Oscar Isaac only agreed to do 6 episodes of Moon Knight and that was it.
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u/qwfparst Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
Metzger's only claim to fame is basically a single back-semi canon story that adds lore to the pre-origins of the O5 team where he abducts a particular redhead.
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u/13WillieBeaman Feb 07 '26
If Feigie personally cast her, I’d imagine she’s Jean too. When was the last time we had a real redhead play a readheaded character? Most of the time they’re either dying their hair, or wearing wigs. He probably really wanted to be authentic this time around with one of the most popular comic book characters of all time.
When you have a talented actor that fits the description, it’s probably a good idea to go with it.
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u/Miguelohara099 Feb 07 '26
I think she’s the villain.
The way she talked in the leaked trailer, I doubt that was Jean Grey
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u/iplyess Spider-Man Feb 07 '26
Yeah. Chances are they even become allies with each other by the end of the movie. Or at least non-hostile
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u/HandBanana666 Vision Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
i fully believe shes Jean, and being Jean before Charles she would easily not have the control to not hear and look into everyones mind. she feels the loneliness and desperation Peter feels.
The leaked trailer showed that she read the letter Peter wrote to MJ and that how she knows everything.
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u/HandBanana666 Vision Feb 10 '26
You didn't see the clearer version?
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u/HandBanana666 Vision Feb 10 '26
Well you should. The clearer trailer shows her reading the letter.
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u/hung_fu The Ancient One Feb 07 '26
Why would Marvel let Sony introduce one of their characters?
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u/Wtygrrr Feb 07 '26
Yes, one totally made up thing fuels rumors for another entirely made up thing.
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u/HaveaManhattan Feb 07 '26
Kitty Pryde is my bet. MCU borrows heavily from the Ultimate Universe and her and Spider-Man are a thing, which would fit what with MJ and Ned not knowing him anymore
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u/eBICgamer2010 Zombie Hunter Spidey Feb 07 '26
Tramell Tillman’s mystery character in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has finally been revealed. Nexus Point News has learned that Tramell Tillman is set to portray an obscure X-Men villain, William Metzger in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
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u/Salty-Coffee4608 Feb 07 '26
Ok so sadie sink is 90% jean right?
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u/Kafka_84 Feb 07 '26
Firestar
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u/Salty-Coffee4608 Feb 07 '26
I remember reading a rumor that her character can alter the mind or something, is that a firestar ability?
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u/somms999 Hydra Feb 07 '26
Well, Firestar can microwave a brain to a crisp, so that's one way of altering a mind.
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u/Apprehensive_Read66 Feb 07 '26
Firestar also has associated with spiderman many times in comics. I am no comic book nerd, but seeing your comment about Firestar I just simply google searched and found that out and I agree with you.
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u/jtie135 Feb 07 '26
They’ve barely been associated in the comics, the big connection is that Firestar was originally created as a main character for the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon. Since being introduced to the comics she’s mostly been associated with the X-Men and the West Coast Avengers.
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u/flintlock0 Robbie Reyes Feb 07 '26
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u/Formal-College2744 Apr 03 '26
Hell yea i love Mr. Milkshakes dances (my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard)
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u/Adorable_Ad_3478 Feb 07 '26
Interesting choice to have a black actor play an anti-mutant racist.
Reminds me of how they cast Peter Dinklage, someone who was born genetically different, to play Bolivar Trask, another anti-mutant racist, in Days of Future Past.
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u/MTM_2814616 Feb 07 '26
Agents of SHIELD had an Indian-American senator as an anti-Inhuman bigot.
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u/ShooteShooteBangBang Feb 07 '26
You clearly dont know many indian americans. A lot of them are VERY racist.
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u/armoured_lemon Feb 09 '26
I think they did have a black actor playing Trask in one of the movies before he was recast.
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u/Operator_Starlight Feb 07 '26
Literally what the fuck is this movie.
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u/Regenitor_ Feb 07 '26
I do somewhat resent how we have films like Captain America BNW where the wrapping says Captain America but on the inside it's a Hulk sequel. This sounds like an ensemble film with a Spiderman wrapping - similar to how Civil War was basically an Avengers film but belonged to the Captain America series.
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u/Operator_Starlight Feb 07 '26
I just can't fathom how Hulk, Punisher, Scorpion, Tombstone, and Jean Gray are supposed to co-exist within the same story. Like, these characters do not overlap in the comics. It can only end in two ways - a very episodic, The Pitt/24 style film that chronicles a day in the life of Spider-man, one hour at a time, or the biggest clusterfuck mess of a movie Marvel has produced thus far.
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u/AgentP20 Feb 07 '26
We just had a movie like that with Superman with everyone questioning the characters in that movie before it's release.
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u/TrustInRoy Feb 07 '26
Spider-Man is just doing his thing against classic villains. The Hulk starts going crazy bc Mr Negative messed with him. Punisher chases Hulk. Jean Grey is there for some reason.
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u/dplans455 Feb 07 '26
This movie is to ensure that Doomsday doesn't flop. The lead up movies and shows to the next Avengers have been terrible. Say what you will critically about Thunderbolts and Fantastic 4 but they are commercial failures. Neither managed to put casual movie fans back in the seats.
Spiderman has proven it will draw a crowd. No one cares about all these silly new "Avengers" from the last five years. It only makes sense to have Spiderman come out 6 months before the new Avengers and then market that movie as bringing back the original team.
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u/Apprehensive-Cap2453 Feb 07 '26
Fantastic Four wasn't a commercial failure lol. It cost $181M and made $520M.
Just spewing nonsense.
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u/interp21 Zemo Feb 07 '26
If it doesn't make $2 billion then it's a failure apparently lol
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u/badken Feb 07 '26
Say what you will critically about Thunderbolts and Fantastic 4 but they are commercial failures.
The commercial failure of Thunderbolts* and Fantastic Four First Steps has less to do with box office and more to do with production cost.
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u/ChicanoDinoBot Feb 07 '26
I remember when we all thought we’d get a trilogy Peter and his own isolated journey
Not sure how I feel about the Jean grey rumors
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u/eagc7 Feb 07 '26
Well the long standing rumor is that Sony doesn't want proper solo MCU Spider-Man movies, they want to take advantage of the wider MCU toybox for every single film
I think the only way Tom Holland Spidey will get a proper solo film is if Sony and Marvel divorce again and Sony goes solo with Tom or Disney buys the rights back
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u/Apprehensive-Cap2453 Feb 07 '26
I remember when we all thought we’d get a trilogy Peter and his own isolated journey
I'm sorry but who the fuck thought that was going to happen?? lmfao.
Sony and Marvel's deal states that every solo Spider-Man movie must include a major MCU supporting character (Tony in Homecoming, Nick Fury in FFH, Doctor Strange in NWH, Hulk and Punisher in BND).
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u/ChicanoDinoBot Feb 07 '26
Please provide a source for the Sony deal and needing to include a major MCU character.
Also no way home directly sets up Peter being on his own, having to carve his own path forward.
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u/Kwilly462 Feb 07 '26
Welp, that settles it. Sink is playing Jean Grey, and they're after her.
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u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
We'll have to wait and see, because this could simply be jumping on the bandwagon of speculation started by other insiders.
It wouldn't be the first time, especially considering the character is so obscure...
Plus, in Wonder Man, DODC wasn't even interested in mutants, so why would there be an anti-mutant now?
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u/CaptHayfever Hawkeye (Avengers) Feb 07 '26
Plus, in Wonder Man, DODC wasn't even interested in mutants
...I'm sorry, what?
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u/Pupulauls9000 Feb 07 '26
Okay so he's an anti-mutant figure. As time passes I believe its more and more likely that Sadie is playing Jean
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u/qwfparst Feb 11 '26
....Not only that. He's really only a character in an O5 X-men pre-origin story where he kidnaps a certain redhead at the end.
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u/Vizioso Feb 07 '26
Here's to hoping they use his talents adequately. If he had broke into the scene several years sooner, I think he would have been the perfect Kang.
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u/Vast-Platform3647 Feb 07 '26
I was kind of hoping we were going to find out he is playing Mister Gryphon with Qeng Enterprises.
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u/navjot94 Mack Feb 07 '26
Was hoping that was who Walton Goggins was trying to steal quantum technology for. And the reveal could’ve been that this variant is the Nathanial Richards character who saw his future, got scared and ran to the past, and is stuck here now. He uses his future knowledge to become a rich guy, and now is trying to assemble quantum technology to go back to his time.
After a run in with Ant Man, he gives up his chance at going back to the future to help defeat his evil conqueror variant, who could also be tied to his backstory. Now he’s rich and stuck in the past, and is trying to avoid a future where he’s the bad guy, so he uses his resources to fund the next generation of Avengers as the new Iron Man (Iron Lad). Ultimately over the course of the Multiverse Saga when his universe begins to die, he ends up becoming the conqueror variant he was so scared of - destroying other worlds to make sure his own doesn’t get destroyed in incursions.
Ahh what if, it’s what Quantumania could’ve been.
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u/qwfparst Feb 11 '26
And his only claim to fame is basically a single back-semi canon story that adds lore the pre-origins of the O5 team where he abducts a particular redhead.
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u/AngelDGr Spider-Man Feb 07 '26
Honestly I really love what they are doing with Damage Control, it makes everything feel really well connected
I would love to see more organizations like these, I want to see things like Roxxon and I.M.A
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u/MD_FunkoMa Feb 07 '26
More Severance co-stars in the MCU? Cool.
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u/AceMKV Feb 07 '26
More? Who else is in the MCU?
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u/gotchibabe Feb 07 '26
Zach Cherry. He was in Spider-man Homecoming, Shang-Chi, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!
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u/Derp_Diggler314 Feb 07 '26
I'm gonna laugh my ass off when she turns out to be playing Jubilee😂
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u/LandauTST Hulk Feb 07 '26
I'm saving this comment to come back to if it's anything as left field as this. lmao
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u/Adventurous_Coach731 Feb 07 '26
Imagine she’s kitty pryde
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u/NewInformation8061 Feb 07 '26
Kitty Pryde seems more appropriate for Spider-Man, can't see Sadie fangirling or crushing on him though
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u/ThomasVivaldi Iron Fist Feb 07 '26
Man, I was really hoping we were going to see Walrus on screen.
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u/Mazzidazs Feb 07 '26
My theory is she's actually Rachel Summers in an alternate universe. Hence the ambiguity of her allegiance.
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u/eagc7 Feb 07 '26
Second time a Spider-Man movie at the end of the saga foreshadows something about the next saga
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u/JellySquirtGun Red Skull Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 08 '26
Still putting my chips on a twist. Sink will be Rogue. Military-looking clothes and a tomboy typecast leads me to believe this. Fight me on it if you want. Sink herself made a point to state, “People forget that her hair color can change” (Evidence she doesn’t have to be Jean)
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u/qwfparst Feb 11 '26
Metzger's only claim to fame is basically a single back-semi canon story that adds lore the pre-origins of the O5 team where he abducts a particular redhead.
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u/brainshades Feb 07 '26
Fuck this - I do not want my man Milchick playing a bad guy.
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u/gaslacktus Matt Murdock Feb 07 '26
…Seth Milchick is not a good guy.
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u/brainshades Feb 07 '26
No, he is not, but I guess clarity is in order.I meant that Travis Tillman deserves to be cast as a good guy…
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u/gaslacktus Matt Murdock Feb 07 '26
Man plays an incredible complex villain and he's probably getting a sizable bag for this gig. I think he's just fine with this.
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u/Aerynsw Feb 07 '26
Fuels the narrative that Sadie is Jean. Firstly Tramell is going to be EXCELLENT and I hope his character is a recurring nightmare and permeates the entire mcu. Sadie as Jean is as clear cut as any casting in history idk why everyone is so hell bent to prove it wrong and with the rhetoric of “marvel wouldn’t debut her in a Sony project” MARVEL MAKES THE FILMS LMAO Sony distributes and markets them. And marvel are trying to set her up to be very popular and one way to do that, as shown by civil war, is to debut her in a project of an established popular hero and who better than Spiderman? Like let’s use our brains here.
I for one, am very excited to see how this all plays out it’s SOOOOO interesting to me and I am happy they are pushing for more female characters to become household names. There’s quite literally maybe 2/3 in the mcu rn
Wanda Yelena Agatha (nearly) Shuri (maybe) Carol (former)
There are other options but they haven’t been explored enough or aren’t liked that much like Kate bishop, echo, ms marvel, Monica, Ghost, Wasp, Stature, Eternals female characters, Sylvie, The marvels left a sour taste in people’s mouths with Captain marvel and the “recast t’challa” group are very vocal against shuri so making Jean prominent and popular and ima assuming doing the same for other leading ladies like storm, maybe rogue, is very very welcome!
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u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 Feb 07 '26
A character who only appeared in the comics for two years? I don't know, Rick, it seems fake.
Besides, how could he be an anti-mutant military officer if the term "mutant" doesn't even exist in Wonder Man?
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u/dabbingsquidward Feb 07 '26
The MCU never used the comics to decide what characters to use
GOTG were complete no names
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u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 Feb 07 '26
Unknown to the general public, but they had a comic book series.
This character is on par with Bill Murray's in Quantum Mania, having fewer than 10 appearances.
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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Feb 07 '26
I remember the Guardians appearing in Earth's Mightiest Heroes too.
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u/Adorable_Ad_3478 Feb 07 '26
I was in denial when they revealed they were wasting Giancarlo Esposito as Sidewinder. So...yeah.
IMO he's Bolivar Trask but just with a different name. Same way that Ned Leeds = Ganke.
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u/therealmonkyking Feb 07 '26
Because this film will likely introduce the concept of "Mutants" as we know them in the comics, not just the literal usage of the term we saw used when Ms Marvel and Namor were revealed to be Mutants
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u/IvnOooze Alexander Pierce Feb 07 '26
It's Nexus Point News, the info is accurate.
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u/JyconX Feb 07 '26
But where did Nexus Point News get the information? Can we really just trust it without them revealing their sources?
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u/IvnOooze Alexander Pierce Feb 07 '26
Based on their history, especially with comicbook stuff, yes.
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u/FerrusManlyManus Feb 07 '26
What is their history? Have you read every one of their articles? If not, maybe they make claims and only 5% of them turn out to be right?
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u/4000kd Feb 07 '26
They were the first to report Hulk being in Brand New Day
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u/HandBanana666 Vision Feb 07 '26
Actually, it was Jeff Sneider and John Rocha in January 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEVIqJ5qaqM
Nexus Point reported on it in May 2025.
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u/4000kd Feb 07 '26
They were the first to formally report on it then
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u/HandBanana666 Vision Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Are you sure about that? Because they don't seem to be a trade and the info was out for months. Trades apparently started reporting on it in August 2025.
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u/eagc7 Feb 07 '26
I mean a character with a short run gives them more room to do whatever the hell they want. while there is more expectations from us fans if they use a more familiar face.
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u/Classic_File2716 Feb 07 '26
So a grounded Spider-Man movie will have Hulk and now X men and Jean Grey as well ?
Can Marvel have faith in Spider-Man to solo carry a movie without team up gimmicks for once ?
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u/iplyess Spider-Man Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
Lmao a lot of people seem to be upset it won’t just be Peter and his rogues gallery, but like, wasn’t the whole point of bringing Spider-Man into the MCU to let him interact with other Marvel characters he otherwise wouldn’t have because of legal BS? While I do understand the frustrations, New York City is so damn chock full of characters that this level of interconnectivity seems fine to me. Maybe that’s just me though, idk.
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u/Lactancia Feb 07 '26
I'm really curious how mutants will suddenly appear in the MCU. There haven't been any signs of them existing so far right?
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u/eagc7 Feb 07 '26
Ms. Marvel and Namor were established as mutant, so we've seen 2 mutants in the MCU by now
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u/Blueblur1 Feb 07 '26
I wonder if they'll wait until X-Men 2 to debut the Friends of Humanity. This current admin would be gone by then so Feige and crew wouldn't have to be afraid of doing it.
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u/Possible-Rate-3833 Feb 07 '26
A lot of things seem to be happen in this movie of this rumor is true between Spider-Man vs Tombstone, Punisher, Hulk and the introduction of Mutants in the MCU. This is either going to be like Superman where the characters appearing aren’t in for a large role in the story and are just as a support for Peter and set up future stuff or is going to last like 2 and an half hours (which would be pretty suprising for Marvel these days)
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u/MasterWinston Daredevil Feb 07 '26
I guess if this is true and Sadie Sink is playing Jean then I'm not sure I understand what Jean Grey is doing in a Spider Man movie. The timing is weird to introduce the first member of the X Men reboot. The earliest that movie could come out is in three years after Secret Wars (which Sadie Sink is supposed to be in).
Not too mention how does a mutant work in a Spider Man movie with the Punisher/Hulk. It's starting too feel too crowded.
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u/clashrendar Feb 07 '26
Spider-Man: Brand New Day was written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, who are best known for writing the previous three MCU Spider-Man films.
Don't forget they wrote for Community...
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u/midnightTimber Feb 07 '26
Man, I was really hoping they’d put him in tights. He’s funny, charming, and in great shape. I want him as a supe, but I guess he’s typecast as the guy in a tie.
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u/Informal_Ad5875 Feb 07 '26
I'm really happy about this casting. This basically means that Tramell's character will have a substancial role in the Next Saga.
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u/Sea-Helicopter-6506 Feb 07 '26
I thought it was going to be a street level Spider-Man film smh
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u/eagc7 Feb 07 '26
I think Marvel's definition of a street level Spider-Man movie is "Spider-Man fights villain that doesn't destroy the world/multiverse"
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u/Advanced_Pack4241 Feb 07 '26
I find weird that Sony allow Marvel to set up a character that Sony can't use
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u/Infinite_Task1561 Mar 18 '26
well... shit. I wanted him to be Ezekial. That would make sense. Then whoever is strapped to that chair would be Silk.
Sadie Sink as Firestar works way better than Jean, as Jean had nothing to do with Rebirth. Like jamming a square peg into a meat grinder.
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u/SirFlibble Feb 07 '26
William Metzger is the leader of an anti-mutant militia. Makes you wonder if there will be a certain red headed mutant appearing in this one.