FILMING for the brand new Spider-Man: Brand New Day is currently taking place in Glasgow, giving fans the chance to glimpse the action ahead of time.
Videos and photos from the set show multiple details of the movie previously unknown to fans.
From the potential main villain to a new Spidey suit, here are the key things we have learned from glimpses of the filming of the new Spider-Man blockbuster.
The main villain?
There is speculation that pictures from the Spider-Man set in Glasgow have given a big clue as to who will act as one of the major antagonists in the movie: Mister Negative and his Inner Demons group.
Mister Negative, who is plagued by a split personality, is one of the villains in Spider-Man’s rogue gallery. His light personality is Martin Li, a benevolent philanthropist, while his darker side is a super villain with control over a form of dark energy.
One of Mister Negative’s first ever appearances in comics was in The Amazing Spider-Man #546, the first issue of the comic storyline "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" – the same title as the upcoming movie.
Set photos show a red devil logo on a military-style tank, which resembles Mister Negative’s logo from the comics.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline
Photos taken from the set of Brand New Day in Glasgow have suggested that the events of the movie take place before December 2027.
A prop sign for a construction project indicates that the build has an “anticipated completion” of December 2027.
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This means that, based on the MCU timeline, the movie will most likely take place in autumn of 2027, placing it after Daredevil: Born Again Season One and the Punisher Special – which canonically finished in April and July 2027 respectively.
The new Thunderbolts movie is reportedly set around October 2027. It seems that Brand New Day may follow up shortly after.
The previous instalment in the Spider-Man series, No Way Home, was set in late 2024, suggesting the next movie will take place three years later.
Spider-Man's suit and web-shooters
A noticeable change is Marvel's pivot to a more grounded Spider-Man. Nowhere is this more visible than in these new set photos showing the new suit.
There are new web-shooters, which are much larger and appear more mechanical that previous iterations in the franchise. The new suit seems more basic, a move away from the Iron-Man-style high-tech suit of the earlier movies.
Marvel wants to take the character in a more “street-level” direction, according to senior figures in the studios, meaning an emphasis will be on lower-stakes stories rather than the grand, apocalyptic threats faced by the Avengers.
These new web shooters are a visual and narrative manifestation of what Spider-Man has had to go through to evolve in the years between Brand New Day and No Way Home.
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Other characters
The movie will also feature two returning MCU characters: The Incredible Hulk played by Mark Ruffalo, and The Punisher played by Jon Bernthal.
Feige went on: “So when you do that, you say, okay, who are the other street-level characters that we’ve never seen him interact with? And of course, I love that The Punisher started in a Spider-Man comic.”
Marvel's new Spider-Man: Brand New Day is scheduled to be released in Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on July 31, 2026.
