SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY - Official Trailer | Exclusively In Cinemas 31 July

Umbran · 2026-03-19T20:28:43+0000

jian said:
I think we assumed that the bit with Uncle Ben happened off screen before his introduction in Civil War, but I guess we didn’t dodge it entirely and this Peter therefore has a double dose.

I think we assumed it, but then I revised that. Getting two doses of the same phrase, from two dying people, would be weird, doubly so given how they don't mention Uncle Ben, like almost ever, in the movies. In the MCU I take it that moment is delayed, and is with May, not Ben.

Ryujin · 2026-03-19T20:31:44+0000

Umbran said:
Jimmy Kimmel: So, you're not in the movie?
Charlie Cox (smiling) No.
Kimmel: You say no? Okay.
Cox: If I was in the movie, I would also also say no, to be clear.
Kimmel: So you might be lying right now.
Cox: Yes. But I'm not in the movie. I could be lying, but I'm not.

(In my head)

Interview with Holland:

Kimmel - So, is Charlie Cox in this movie?
Holland - Charlie? Oh, yeah! He's a great guy. We got Chinese after the first day of the shoot.

Umbran · 2026-03-19T20:39:37+0000

Ryujin said:
(In my head)

Interview with Holland:

Kimmel - So, is Charlie Cox in this movie?
Holland - Charlie? Oh, yeah! He's a great guy. We got Chinese after the first day of the shoot.

With Holland and Ruffalo in the movie, it is a wonder they haven't revealed the entire script by now.

MarkB · 2026-03-19T21:39:39+0000

Umbran said:
I think we assumed it, but then I revised that. Getting two doses of the same phrase, from two dying people, would be weird, doubly so given how they don't mention Uncle Ben, like almost ever, in the movies. In the MCU I take it that moment is delayed, and is with May, not Ben.

He does, at least, seem to have taken the concept to heart as of his first introduction in the MCU:

"If you can do what I do, but you don't, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you."

Clint_L · 2026-03-19T21:56:31+0000

Hmmm...trailer didn't really grab me, but the first three films were pretty good, so I'm still looking forward to it.

Reef · 2026-03-19T21:56:45+0000

MarkB said:
He does, at least, seem to have taken the concept to heart as of his first introduction in the MCU:

"If you can do what I do, but you don't, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you."

Yeah, I always assumed that was the MCU's way of having the Great Responsibility speech without actually having to use the actual phrasing (which, to be fair, is pretty much a cliche at this point).

Mort · 2026-03-19T22:48:32+0000

trappedslider said:
same but only if it comes with pepperoni

My gaming group is REALLY used to Tombstone pizza. So much so, that when I got Lou Malnati's (some of the best pizza in Chicago, IMO) for a game instead (someone's birthday) they actually looked at me and said "but where's the Tombstone pizza?"

Umbran · 2026-03-19T23:37:21+0000

MarkB said:
He does, at least, seem to have taken the concept to heart as of his first introduction in the MCU:

"If you can do what I do, but you don't, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you."

Sure. And, of course, since they don't talk about Uncle Ben, we don't know one way or the other. I just think that, if he'd gotten that speech before, it gets really weird coming from Aunt May just there.

GreyLord · 2026-03-20T04:43:33+0000

Umbran said:
I think we assumed it, but then I revised that. Getting two doses of the same phrase, from two dying people, would be weird, doubly so given how they don't mention Uncle Ben, like almost ever, in the movies. In the MCU I take it that moment is delayed, and is with May, not Ben.

Interesting thought. With No Way Home it introduced the other Spidermans, thus it would indicate the oldest MCU movie is now, techincally, the first Spiderman movie in the early 2000s. If that holds true, than it was actually mentioned really early on...just not to Holland's Spiderman...but it was said to Spiderman...or the one who would become Spiderman in that Universe.

Mannahnin · 2026-03-20T12:13:32+0000

GreyLord said:
Interesting thought. With No Way Home it introduced the other Spidermans, thus it would indicate the oldest MCU movie is now, techincally, the first Spiderman movie in the early 2000s. If that holds true, than it was actually mentioned really early on...just not to Holland's Spiderman...but it was said to Spiderman...or the one who would become Spiderman in that Universe.

Sure, in that universe. It seems evident that every version of Spidey gets that message at some point (it's what Across the Spider-Verse calls a "canon event"). The Tobey version got it from his Uncle Ben.

MarkB said:
He does, at least, seem to have taken the concept to heart as of his first introduction in the MCU:

"If you can do what I do, but you don't, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you."

Umbran said:
I think we assumed it, but then I revised that. Getting two doses of the same phrase, from two dying people, would be weird, doubly so given how they don't mention Uncle Ben, like almost ever, in the movies. In the MCU I take it that moment is delayed, and is with May, not Ben.

Agreed. The initial implication was that he might have already gotten it, in his backstory, but they didn't make it explicit. When No Way Home gave connected MCU Spidey back to more classic Spidey themes and content, they gave the line to Aunt May to put it on-screen, and it would be weird for him to have received the speech twice.