New Delhi: Sony Pictures recently released a second trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, confirming Mark Ruffalo’s return as the Savage Hulk — the uncontrolled, rage-driven form of the character last seen in the main MCU timeline in Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Ticket sales for the film opened the same day.
Since Infinity War, Ruffalo has appeared in the MCU as the calmer Smart Hulk — in Avengers: Endgame (2019), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022). The Brand New Day trailer marks his first return as the uncontrolled Savage Hulk in seven years.
Previous Brand New Day marketing had only shown Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, wearing an inhibitor device to suppress his transformation. The new trailer confirms the device comes off, putting Spider-Man in the line of fire. What triggers that moment is left unanswered.
“If you see me with this off, run,” Banner tells Peter. Peter, struggling with his own mutations — now confirmed to include organic webbing — asks Banner whether it is possible to eliminate the harmful aspects while keeping the beneficial ones. Banner replies: “How would you decide what parts of nature are good or bad?”
Sadie Sink’s Character Is Still a Mystery
The trailer also introduces an invisible threat that only Peter appears immune to, and teases Sadie Sink’s still-unnamed character — shown only in a hood, appearing to exert telepathic control over others.
Internet speculation has linked her to X-Men character Jean Grey, but Marvel has not confirmed this. Also appearing for the first time in a Spider-Man film is Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher.
The film is set four years after Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), in which Peter erased himself from the memories of everyone he knew. Now alone in New York, his powers begin mutating in ways he cannot control.
MJ, played by Zendaya, and Ned, played by Jacob Batalon, have moved on — with MJ shown in a new relationship.
The trailer had leaked in bootleg form the week prior, but ticket sales on June 17 were reportedly moving fast within the first few hours of going live.
Can It Top the First Trailer’s One Billion Views?
Fan response on X was strong. “Yeah this might be the best Spider-Man movie yet. This looks so much better than the previous 3 movies in basically every way,” wrote a user on X.com. Another called it “Looking a little Sam Raimi-esque.”
The first trailer, released on March 18, drew 718.6 million views in its first 24 hours — the biggest launch ever for any movie or video game, surpassing the previous record of 475 million views held by Grand Theft Auto VI. It crossed one billion views in four days, the first movie trailer ever to do so.
Sony chairman Tom Rothman said at CinemaCon, “It’s as big as anything we’ve ever made, and yet it feels like nothing we’ve ever made. And it has Tom Holland — and I can say this because I’ve seen the movie — in his finest performance.”
The film is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, and Justin Kuritzkes, with Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Rachel O’Connor producing.
The cast includes Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Bernthal, Michael Mando, Tramell Tillman, Marvin Jones III, Liza Colón-Zayas, Eman Esfandi, and Sadie Sink.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens July 31.
