Aug 8, 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a beautiful mess — and it might be the best MCU Spider-Man movie yet. Both hosts land on 8/10.
We weren't planning to cover this one. Then we saw it, and we had to record an emergency bonus episode. Brian and John break down why Destin Daniel Cretton's Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the most grounded, consequence-driven Spidey film Marvel has made — and why it owes more to Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 than to anything in the Home trilogy.
Jon Bernthal's Punisher steals the movie. Florence Pugh's "small potatoes" bathhouse scene is already a meme. Sadie Sink shows up as a telepath Marvel is still being coy about. Mark Ruffalo's Hulk is… there. And Peter's new organic webbing sets up the single funniest unintentional metaphor in the MCU.
What you'll get out of this episode:
- Why this Spider-Man finally takes itself seriously — and how it escapes the quip-undercuts-everything problem
- The specific Spider-Man 2 (2004) DNA running through the whole film
- Where the Punisher lands after One Last Kill, and whether the chili speech works
- The six-armed Spider-Man that almost happened, and who killed it
- What the post-credits scene sets up heading into Avengers: Doomsday
- Whether Marvel's endless X-Men teasing is finally going somewhere
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro: why this emergency bonus episode exists
1:58 – Taking our kids to see it (and the No Way Home
nostalgia)
3:08 – Sadie Sink, Jean Grey rumors, and Marvel's endless X-Men
problem
4:41 – Why Brand New Day finally takes Spider-Man seriously
6:08 – Jon Bernthal's Punisher is back, and he's incredible
6:29 – Florence Pugh's "small potatoes" scene (already a meme)
8:32 – How much this borrows from Raimi's Spider-Man 2
10:58 – What does Mark Ruffalo's Hulk actually do in this
movie?
12:52 – The Punisher's chili speech (light spoilers start here)
15:02 – The six-armed Spider-Man that almost happened
15:22 – Organic webbing and growing into the powers
19:03 – The post-credits scene and what it teases
19:25 – Final scores: we both land on 8/10
20:24 – Wrap-up & where to find us
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❓ SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY — QUICK ANSWERS
Does Spider-Man: Brand New Day have a
post-credits scene?
Yes — one, and no mid-credits scene. It plays at the very end,
after the studio logos, so it looks like there isn't one. Stay put.
It teases what's coming in Avengers: Doomsday.
Is Spider-Man: Brand New Day
good?
Both of us gave it 8/10. It's the first MCU Spider-Man movie that
takes itself seriously, with real consequences for Peter and a tone
closer to Raimi's Spider-Man 2 than the Home trilogy. The plot
logic doesn't survive close inspection. The character work
does.
Who directed Spider-Man: Brand New
Day?
Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).
It's the first Tom Holland Spider-Man not directed by Jon Watts.
Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
Who does Sadie Sink play in Spider-Man: Brand
New Day?
A powerful telepath Marvel kept under wraps until release, widely
connected to Jean Grey. The film stays deliberately vague about the
X-Men link — we get into why that's maddening at 3:08.
Is Spider-Man: Brand New Day on
streaming?
Not as of September 2026 — theaters only. Sony hasn't announced a
digital date. Based on past Sony windows, digital purchase/rental
is expected late October 2026, with 4K/Blu-ray/DVD listed for
November 17, 2026. Netflix holds first streaming rights, likely
early 2027.
Is the Punisher in this movie?
Yes. Jon Bernthal is back as Frank Castle after Punisher: One Last
Kill, and he's a mentor figure to Peter this time. Weird pivot for
a guy who wiped out a whole neighborhood. It works.
Does this episode have spoilers?
Light ones, starting at 12:52. We cover the Punisher subplot, the
organic webbing, and that a post-credits scene exists. We don't
touch the ending or the villain's identity.