When Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters, comic book fans should expect to see many of their favorite Spider-Man comic book covers recreated in Destin Daniel Cretton‘s latest Marvel film. In a new Brand New Day trailer, Sony and Marvel highlight the lengths Cretton and his team went to to capture some of the web-slinging hero’s most emblematic poses, fights, and body movements. In the video, Cretton credits Tom Holland as being the one responsible for this on-screen magic, but really, it takes a whole team to bring it all together.
Cretton on Holland’s approach to Spider-Man
“We’re shooting at 420 frames per second, which is virtually impossible to act,” Cretton says in the trailer. “Tom had to do this perfect uppercut, reverse swan dive, where we’re yanking him up in the air toward the camera. It was a real awakening as to how much control he has over every muscle in his body. He hit that perfect pose in two or three takes.”
What’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day about?
“After the record-breaking global success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks an entirely new chapter for Peter Parker and Spider-Man,” reads the official synopsis. “Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he’s devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.”
Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is directing from a screenplay by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. Holland has naturally returned as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and Jon Bernthal joins him as Frank Castle/Punisher, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Zendaya as MJ, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/Scorpion, and Marvin Jones III as Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone. Sadie Sink, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Tramell Tillman appear in unspecified roles.
The next Spider-Man has big shoes to fill
One thing I love about Tom Holland’s turn as Spider-Man is that he never phones it in. He might not love the grueling hours, but he gives every chapter of the franchise his all, and it’s clear that he’s mastered the art of recreating the character’s iconic movements on screen. You don’t get that level of quality from an actor unless there’s a genuine commitment to greatness on their part. I don’t know if Holland will play Spider-Man again after Brand New Day, and I hope whoever plays the character next can give the character as much love and attention as Holland.
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