Spider-Man: Brand New Day bucks the trend by removing a mentor from the web-slinger's life. In an interview with The Wrap, Spider-Man: Brand New Day writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers—who worked on the previous MCU movies—revealed why it was important to them to move on from Spidey needing someone to point him in the right direction. McKenna and Sommers have already revealed why Yelena Belova was featured in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but why was Bruce there? It was Jean really helped unlock it. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now playing in theaters.