Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Villain 'Still Very Much a Secret,' Tom Holland Teases

Spider-Man: Brand New Day's villain is "still precise overmuch a secret," Tom Holland has said, contempt fractional a twelve foes already being glimpsed successful trailers.

Holland made the remark during the ongoing Spider-Man: Brand New Day property circuit (via Global Box Office), adding to the consciousness that Marvel and Sony are inactive keeping cardinal details of the movie backmost from audiences up of time.

Of course, determination remains immense speculation implicit the quality that Stranger Things prima Sadie Sink is playing — and whether she excessively volition beryllium presented arsenic an antagonist. But persistent speculation and rumor that she is playing a caller MCU mentation of Jean Grey (and returning for Avengers: Secret Wars) each but confirms that she yet volition not beryllium a baddie.

In contrast, Holland's remark suggests that Brand New Day's main force inactive remains nether wraps, contempt a rogues' assemblage of different foes already being present.

"The villain that we person successful this caller movie, which is inactive precise overmuch a secret, is I deliberation dissimilar thing we've seen successful these movies before," Holland said, intelligibly trying his hardest not to spoil thing else.

As a reminder, Spider-Man: Brand New Day features Michael Mando's returning Scorpion, Marvin Jones III arsenic a caller MCU mentation of Tombstone, positive Boomerang, Tarantula, Ramrod, and ninja monk enactment The Hand. Then there's the rampaging Hulk to interest about, arsenic good arsenic the typically nefarious aims of the Department of Damage Control (DODC).

Is Holland referring to 1 of these arsenic Brand New Day's existent villain? Not each of the supra person been glimpsed successful trailers (toy leaks person confirmed Tombstone, but he's been kept retired of authoritative marketing) and fans person simply speculated astir the DODC's existent role. Then there's Boomerang, who immoderate fans deliberation volition beryllium revealed arsenic the quality played by Eman Esfandi (who is besides MJ's caller boyfriend).

Alternatively, could Holland beryllium discussing different villain that nary 1 expects? Questions stay astir however the Venom symbiote whitethorn (or whitethorn not) popular up here, aft being teased successful No Way Home's post-credits scene. Or could the movie secretly diagnostic yet different villain from Spider-Man's comic publication history?

In April, Holland said helium was inactive shooting Brand New Day to adhd “the icing connected the barroom successful definite areas.” That included adding much wit and “layering in” a villain plotline “in a caller way."

“I tin positively accidental that the worldly we’re doing, we don’t need," Holland said astatine the time. "The movie works and sings arsenic it is. We’re conscionable adding the icing connected the barroom successful definite areas. We’re uncovering immoderate ways to adhd a small spot much humor. We’re layering successful a villain plotline successful a caller mode and immoderate truly amusive stuff."

How this volition each acceptable into the film's crippled remains to beryllium seen — though we've not got agelong to hold present until Spider-Man: Brand New Day yet arrives connected July 31.

The past week has seen the ever-chatty Holland besides uncover that "one person" inactive remembers Peter Parker is Spider-Man, and effort to debar spoilers erstwhile discussing his imaginable engagement successful Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars — which helium suggested helium would diagnostic in.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social