Nearly five years later, that new start is here in the four-quel, Spider-Man: Brand New Day from Destin Daniel Cretton and in theaters July 31. Jay Maidment Tom Holland, who also stars in this year’s big summer hit The Odyssey, returns as Spider-Man in his fourth solo outing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. But under Cretton’s direction, Brand New Day really strips Spider-Man to the bare essentials to find what new avenues might open. Jay Maidment A few Marvel-ous allies join Spider-Man in Brand New Day, like Jon Bernthal’s gritty antihero: The Punisher. Though uncertainty looms for Spider-Man, Brand New Day is precisely the reorientation this franchise needs to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe still worth exploring.