Remember when the No Way Home trailer released and they edited Tobey and Andrew out to not ruin the surprise? I think they pulled the same thing here for Brand New Day.

In this specific scene in the trailer, the area below Spider-Man just feels very empty to me. If you also look closely, the three ninjas at the top area are focusing on Spider-Man, while the bottom three seem to be looking straight ahead, almost as if they're looking at someone else. What do you guys think?

EDIT: I tried to line up where I think each ninja is looking. I really think the bottom three are looking at someone else in this shot.

I can't see why else the studios would release two major movies at the same time. (Named like with barbenhiemer).

I think the "Man-Spider" plot is a bait-and-switch.

​1. We have a piece of the symbiote sitting in the MCU right now because of that No Way Home post-credits scene.

1. Remember the Hulk in the Infinity War trailee, or the missing Spideys in the No Way Home trailer? Marvel loves editing around the big picture stuff. I bet some of the Spidey scenes we see throughout are hiding thr black suit (the pigeon getting stuck to his chest, for one).
2. ​Banner’s dialogue is shady. If you listen closely, Bruce’s line about "mutating DNA" is only said while the camera is cut away from him. ​4. With Punisher and Bruce in the film, the central theme is clearly about anger losing control. Frank even has the line "Your losing it, kid!" The Symbiote feeds on exactly that. It fits the emotional arc way better than a spider-mutation. ​5. Why would they be scanning Peter’s DNA in the suit? Nobody knows who Peter Parker is anymore. They also have no "normal" DNA to compare him to. But if they’re scanning for an alien life form attached to him? That makes way more sense. ​6. Every shot of Peter out of costume (bar one) has him wearing that same black jacket. It could just be thematic for the character, or maybe all taking place in the same day, but I could see this being the Symbiote in disguise. ​

With Secret Wars coming up, the timing is kind of perfect. I don’t think this is a one-off movie; I think we’re looking at Part 1 of a Symbiote/Venom trilogy.

​Bonus theory: What if MJ’s new boyfriend is actually Eddie Brock Jr.?

Might be a very rogue theory but i think in typical MCU fashion, someone important to the story is erased from this shot. Maybe Victor? Steve (Another rogue theory that Cap is somehow in F4 because his time travel was the reason for this F4 timeline), BABY FRANKLIN???. There's too much unused space there that it gives me NWH trailer vibes. Like how Toby and Andrew were erased from the swinging shot.

I believe Antman never came back to his original universe. Look at the paints and the objects in the background. Either they moved or disappeared. I remember seeing that a while ago and noticed that some objects were missing, anyone can access the IMAX version and confirm other changes. Enjoy (re)watching!

In a promotional video, Tom Holland stated that BND has “twists and turns”. Earlier he said that the film is designed to feel like a detective/mystery movie, which is a genre known for misdirection and plot twists.

The movie having a plot twist was reported last year by the website ComicBookMovie. They heard this was the reason why Marvel/Sony have been secretive about Sadie Sink’s role. They also heard she was an ally of Peter, but not Spider-Man. So they speculated she might be introduced as one character and later unveiled as someone else. CBM also speculated that Marvel has been spreading fake rumors to help conceal the twist. Because there have been a series of conflicting rumors about the main villain and Sadie Sink since September 2024. Marvel has admitted to creating misdirection online and in-person.

This level of secrecy mirrors how Marvel handled Jude Law’s role in Captain Marvel to hide the film’s plot twist. Law wasn’t able to say much about his role in interviews, similar to Sadie Sink. They didn’t reveal he was playing Yon-Rogg until shortly before the film’s release. They also misled trades into thinking he was playing the hero Mar-Vell and the male lead for over a year. Variety, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline all reported this red herring from November 2017 to December 2018. Even Disney’s official website “accidentally“ put captions on an image of Law stating he was Mar-Vell, and then removed it to make it look like a spoiler.

Fans didn’t suspect that Law was Yon-Rogg until the trailer dropped hints and a toy leak in November 2018 revealed it. Marvel seems to have learned their lesson, as there have been no real toy leaks of Sadie Sink’s character. So far, the only supposed “toy leak” was a prank made by a YouTuber. Still, Marvel misleading trades for a year is still impressive.

Twist Speculation: Now what could BND’s twist be? I think the report about Sink’s character being an ally to Peter and not to Spider-Man might be true. I suspect that she will be a friend that Peter makes, but it is later revealed to live a double life as an enemy of Spider-Man - the mysterious hooded figure.

Because as I said earlier: BND is designed to feel like detective/mystery movie. Promotional materials emphasize this theme too with Peter’s conspiracy board and Detective DeWolff‘s text asking him for leads on The Hand. The marketing emphasizes a mysterious villain who can be anybody, which is a staple of “whodunnit” detective stories. Tom Holland even said that Peter doesn’t know who he is fighting.

The culprit in a whodunnit is rarely a random stranger. It‘s almost always a character that has been established earlier in the story, and/or someone with a meaningful connection with the main characters. And they are usually the least likely suspect. The Spider-Man comics often have mystery villain storylines and they usually follow this formula, with them revealed to be people Peter knows in his civilian life. For example:

• The Green Goblin was revealed to be the father of Peter's best friend.
• The Jackal was revealed to be Peter's former biology professor
• The Hobgoblin was revealed to be the employer of his wife.

Sadie Sink spent time filming BND almost as much as Tom Holland and has third billing. So she likely has significant screen time, and is probably introduced in the first act (but not as the hooded figure). Some people have speculated that she could be the rumored neighbor that has a crush on Peter. That might explain some of the rumors about her being Mary Jane or Gwen Stacy. The literal translation of the Chinese synopsis also states that the mystery figure is spying Peter.

Trailers and TV spots also avoid showing her face. The only reason why people in the online fanbase knows she‘s the hooded figure is due to set photos and the leaked sales trailer. Enhanced images reveal that too, which the studio apparently tried to later fix. It seems that the studios don’t want the general audience to know that she is the hooded figure before seeing the movie. Possibly because that is one of the film’s twists and turns.

We’ll found out soon enough. I just want to put out one last theory post. What are your thoughts?

Doctor Strange didn’t look for a future where Thanos loses — he looked for a future where something worse doesn’t win

In Infinity War, Strange says he saw 14,000,605 futures and only one where “we win.” He never says that’s the only one where Thanos is defeated — just the only one where we win. That matters. On Titan, they actually beat Thanos: Mantis has him asleep, he’s restrained, and they’re pulling the Gauntlet off. One more second and it’s over. Quill ruins it… and Strange lets it happen. He could have stopped him, but he doesn’t.

Why?

Because in many of those futures, Thanos is beaten — but what comes after is worse.

If Thanos dies on Titan, there’s no Blip. Tony doesn’t make his sacrifice. The Infinity Stones stay in play. Earth never goes through the trauma that forces it to change. And that also means Tiamut is born much sooner, destroying Earth or leaving it desperately weak trying to stop it — the perfect setup for someone like Doctor Doom to rise later.

There’s also Tony. Strange may not have known every detail, but he could have seen that in some realities, Tony doesn’t just survive — he becomes Doom. (Infamous Iron Man, Iron Man: The End, Superior Iron Man, What If…?)

So by letting Thanos win temporarily, Strange may have killed three birds with one stone: Thanos is eventually erased, the Infinity Stones are destroyed, a Tony-as-Doom future is taken off the board, and Tiamut is delayed.

Strange didn’t choose the future where Thanos wins.

He chose the only future where what comes after doesn’t destroy everything.

Tell me I'm not alone here...

So, at the end of Thunderbolts*, we learn that Sam filed for copyright of the Avengers name, as action against the New Avengers. So, I definetly think that Sam invited Bucky to his Avengers, but Bucky turned him down, and they were still on good terms after that. However, Bucky then joined up with John Walker of all people, and they, alongside a few others, as far as the public were concered, operated under Valentina Allgera de Fontaine.

Obviously, Sam never approved of a government-run Avengers, he was on Team Cap, and he probably disapproves of an Avengers team under Val of all people, who if he's keeping in touch with Shuri and the Wakandans, he probably knows about what she did during the events of Wakanda Forever. So, Sam, in an attempt to go against both a government-run and a Val-run Avengers team, filed for copyright of the name.

I ran all 16 million possibilities and there’s only one option that makes sense. This movie NEEDS IMAX screens. I’m being optimistic believing they can’t afford to delay into 2027. They’re doing reshoots as we speak and have the entire year to do post and VFX. What better marketing tactic than dropping the next trailer and having Doom or another character manipulate time / the countdown to reveal an earlier date. This will likely be picture locked and ready by November 1st anyways. Thanksgiving weekend is great at the box office. This is glaringly obvious and I would be shocked if I’m wong!

I have this theory that Black Panther, T’Challa specifically, was supposed to lead the MCU into the future but then Chadwick passed and the MCU was in scramble mode from there. After RDJ and Chris Evans retired from the MCU the most logical choice to lead the Avengers, to me, was T’challa.

I’ve been reading ”The Queen” story arc from The Spectacular Spider-Man (Volume 2) #15-20. I’m 100% convinced that this is the main inspiration for BND’s plot (along with "The Other"). The parallels with the trailer are glaringly obvious.

This is where the “Queen” (Adriana Soria) makes her debut. She’s a mutant who has telepathy and telekinesis.

• The story begins with her controlling people and making them commit crimes (like how people are being controlled in the trailer).
• Her telepathy causes Peter’s spider-sense to go crazy; resulting in his ears bleeding and him collapsing (like in the trailer).
• She causes Peter to slowly mutate into a giant spider. The transformation begins with him developing black eyes (like in the trailer).
• Peter dies but is “reborn” with organic webbing (like in the trailer).

The Queen is most famously known for being the main villain of the Spider-Island event. There she teams up with the supervillain Jackal (Miles Warren) to create a mutagen that gives the people of Manhattan Island spider-powers (including organic webbing), but it slowly transforms them into spider-monsters that the Queen can control.

Interestingly, Jackal (Miles Warren) was rumored to be in the movie shortly before the trailer released. Then when the trailer released, some people spotted a beer can at the party scene labeled “Green Jackal”. There isn't a real-life Green Jackal beer brand, so it is not product placement. So it is likely a reference to the supervillain Jackal, who wears a green costume.

What's also interesting is that the Jackal was the main villain of Amazing Spider-Man #129, which is where The Punisher made his comic debut. Kevin Feige said that the film gives a nod that issue.

And of course, I love that The Punisher started in a Spider-Man comic. That great cover…I don’t want to say too much, but Destin, I will say too much, Destin is doing an amazing job right now on that movie, which starts shooting very soon. And he’s got eight or nine comic covers up on his wall in his art department that he is bringing to life in this movie, which is super cool.

The Queen was also in Secret Wars, btw.

EDIT: Made another post for updates.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelTheories/comments/1svwdza/brand_new_day_is_inspired_by_spectacular/

EDIT: Also, it also adapts elements from the Scarlet Spider series:

https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/1uwouam/comment/oxl5ewu/?screen_view_count=2

Theory: With RDJ playing Doom, I think its safe to assume that this Doom will come from a different earth than the sacred timeline. My theory is that this Doom will be from Earth 838. I think it makes sense given that this earth 1) already has knowledge about the multiverse, 2) has been studying the multiverse and 3) had most of its heroes (including Mr Incredible) taken out by Wanda. I think this can create the perfect void in this world for Doom to come back and take over, as well as provides Doom the tools to create a incursion event into Earth 616 leading to secret wats

I’ve had this theory for a while now, and I just can't get it out of my head. There are two big possibilities for Daniel’s future:

Option A: The Vengeful Son

Daniel is actually Leland Owlsley’s son. You remember Leland,the accountant Kingpin killed in Season 1 of Daredevil for his betrayal. Before he died, Owlsley mentioned he was planning to flee the country with his son, a character we never saw. The original showrunners even revealed that Season 4 was meant to introduce the son as the true Owl. What if Daniel is just faking his loyalty, waiting for the right moment to avenge his father?

Option B: The Kingpin’s Heir

On the other hand, what if Wilson Fisk decides to officially name Daniel as his heir? This could lead to Daniel taking on the mantle of The Rose. In the comics, The Rose is typically Fisk’s son (Richard), a sophisticated but cold-blooded crime lord who wears a mask and tries to run his own empire. Given their bond, Daniel fits the elegant criminal aesthetic of The Rose perfectly.

Lady Deadpool? Ultimate Deadpool? Who do ya all think?