(Left) Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: No Manner House’. Picture: Marvel Studios. (Proper) Jon Bernthal as Frank Citadel in Marvel’s ‘The Punisher.’ Picture: Netflix.
Preview:
- Jon Bernthal is boarding ‘Spider-Man: Model New Day’.
- Destin Daniel Cretton is directing.
- Tom Holland is returning to star because the titular web-crawler.
Is Spider-Man about to endure some punishment?
We’ll have to attend and see what this newest casting story for ‘Spider-Man: Model New Day’ means, however The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed what John Rocha and his Sizzling Mic podcast discovered some time in the past –– Jon Bernthal’s Punisher is headed to film screens for the subsequent Spidey outing.
The brand new movie, which sees ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ director Destin Daniel Cretton inheriting the Spider-mantle from Jon Watts (who has been off doing different tasks), will see Tom Holland again as Peter Parker/Spider-Man following three of the character’s personal motion pictures and a sprinkling of appearances elsewhere.
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This casting is a contented full circle second for Holland and Bernthal; the duo have been engaged on the 2017 film Pilgrimage when getting ready to audition for his or her Marvel roles, and helped one another with their audition tapes.
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What’s the story of ‘Spider-Man: Model New Day’?
Destin Daniel Cretton (director, ‘Spider-Man: Model New Day’) at CinemaCon 2025 for Sony Footage at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on March 31, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Picture by Stewart Cook dinner/Sony Footage by way of Getty Pictures.
On condition that ‘Spider-Man: No Manner House’ modified issues in an enormous manner for Peter Parker –– as you’ll seemingly recall, it ended with a spell that wiped everybody’s reminiscence of him in order to guard the individuals he loves –– the storyline going ahead is of course one thing of a thriller.
Right here’s what Holland mentioned to The Hollywood Reporter concerning the film:
“The primary few conferences have been about, ‘Why would we do that once more?’ And I feel we discovered the explanation why.”
What’s that motive? It’s solely identified to these concerned with the film proper now and shortly to anybody who talks to Tom Holland if his expertise for divulging spoilers unintentionally continues to carry.
We do no less than know that Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, who contributed to or wrote the earlier three Spider-outings, are again on board for this one.
Who else will seem in ‘Spider-Man: Model New Day’?
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield in ‘Stranger Issues’. Picture: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022.
Even with the spell affecting Peter, MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) are nonetheless more likely to return.
But with ‘Stranger Issues’Sadie Sink’s casting earlier this 12 months, that throws an attention-grabbing wrinkle in –– what if the plan is for MJ and Ned to have smaller roles whereas a brand new supporting forged rises to significance in Peter’s life?
Sink’s position is a thriller, one which Marvel and Sony will look to maintain that manner so long as attainable.
However hypothesis has already begun, with a number of potentials floating on the market.
Sink may very well be enjoying Jean Gray, the massively highly effective mutant character from the ‘X-Males’ comics who has loved a wide range of storylines within the pages and on screens, together with the memorable “Darkish Phoenix” arc.
The X-Males, are, in fact, the subsequent massive group for Marvel to include into the MCU and we’ve already seen examples of them within the dimension-spanning likes of ‘Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity,’‘The Marvels’ and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ although none have been pointed up because the official variations of the characters to make the leap to Earth-616.
Utilizing the brand new ‘Spider-Man’ film to introduce a number of characters may work, because the Marvel crew has a historical past of seeding new recruits in different motion pictures.
But when the main focus is extra on Peter’s story, there’s an opportunity that Sink may be Gwen Stacey, one other well-known love curiosity for our hero, who has appeared in different Spider-stories. An alternative choice is Felicia Hardy, AKA Black Cat.
And, in fact, Sink’s pink hair may make her a pure match for traditional Peter associate Mary Jane Watson, however with Zendaya’s MJ (albeit not utilizing the identical identify) filling that position, it appears unlikely.
Elsewhere, ‘The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas has additionally scored a task within the film, however her character is a thriller for now.
The Punisher: a fast historical past
Jon Bernthal as Frank Citadel in Marvel Tv’s ‘Daredevil’ on Disney+. Picture: Giovanni Rufino. © 2025 Marvel.
Bernthal has been the small-screen model of Marvel’s Frank Citadel –– AKA vigilante character The Punisher –– since he confirmed up on the Netflix model of ‘Daredevil’ again in 2016.
Since then, he’s appeared in his personal eponymous spin-off present, which ran on the streaming service between 2017 and 2019, then got here a break till he was introduced again in to the fold for this 12 months’s Disney+ continuation collection ‘Daredevil: Born Once more.’
Citadel can be again in Season 2 of ‘Born Once more’ and there’s additionally a Marvel “Particular Episode” (a TV film alongside the traces of ‘Werewolf by Night time’) on the way in which, co-written by Bernthal and filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced, with the latter directing the one-off.
The story is beneath wraps for now, right here’s what Brad Winderbaum, head of Marvel Tv, instructed EW about it:
“It’s like a shotgun blast of a narrative, but in addition has all of the pathos and emotion that you really want out of a Frank Citadel story. It’s so thrilling.”
An even bigger query for The Punisher on this planet of Spider-Man is how his grittier, extra violent tone will match with the household friendlier really feel of Spidey and co.
When will ‘Spider-Man: Model New Day’ be in theaters?
‘Spider-Man: Model New Day’ will swing into theaters on July thirty first, 2026.
Because of some latest launch date shuffles, the film would be the subsequent MCU entry to observe ‘Incredible 4: First Steps’, which lands on July twenty fifth.
Jon Bernthal as Frank Citadel in Marvel’s ‘The Punisher.’ Picture: Netflix.