Spider-Man 4: Tom Holland Channels Jackie Chan With Next-Level Fight Scenes
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is already dominating the buzz, with the MCU’s fourth Spidey outing shaping up to deliver big moves and bigger surprises. Notable insider Alex Perez, via The Cosmic Circus, hints there’s a lot in store—sending hype into overdrive.
Spider-Man 4 chatter just went from a simmer to a full boil. Tom Holland is back in the suit for Marvel Studios fourth MCU Spidey movie, titled Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and the latest whispers point to a rougher, grittier ride with a heavy dose of practical action and some big continuity cleanup down the road.
Yes, they are really doing the stunts
Notable insider Alex Perez (via The Cosmic Circus) says the film leans hard on practical stunt work, and he is over the moon about how it looks. According to him, the movement is fluid, tactile, and genuinely inventive — the kind of stuff you feel in your bones, not just your eyeballs.
"It is like they put Jackie Chan himself in the suit."
He also praised the stunt coordinators for delivering what he considers the best Spider-Man-style physicality he has seen in a long time. Perez describes this Peter as sharper across the board — the fighting, the abilities, and the Spider-Sense all dialed in.
About that No Way Home memory spell
Quick refresher: the end of 2021s Spider-Man: No Way Home had Doctor Strange cast a spell that erased anyone remembering Peter Parker, including MJ and Ned. Brutal, but it kept the multiverse from cracking apart. Perez claims Marvels upcoming universe reset — think the big shatter-and-rebuild moment around Avengers: Secret Wars — will undo that spell. In his words, it was essentially a temporary patch to keep the universes in their lanes, and a reset means the patch comes off.
Translation: Peter might be flying solo for a while longer, but there is a path where MJ and Ned remember him again. Perez also suggests Holland’s current Spider-Man run is expected to reach its endpoint with Avengers: Secret Wars. File that under informed rumor until Marvel says otherwise, but it tracks with the whole soft-reboot idea.
Enter the Punisher, cue the shadows
Jon Bernthal is locked in to play Frank Castle in Brand New Day alongside Holland. If you know the character, you know he drags stories into darker territory on sight. Kevin Feige has even said Punisher will help push Peter into being a more fully formed, grown-up Spider-Man. Given that nobody remembers Peter and he is forced to shoulder everything alone, the tone here sounds harsher and heavier than the previous films — in a good way, if you ask me.
What we know right now
- Title: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (MCU Spider-Man 4)
- Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
- Cast (so far): Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal
- Studio: Marvel Studios
- Release date: July 31, 2026
- Action: Extensive practical stunts; Perez raves the choreography/movement is next-level
- Story setup: No Way Home memory spell still in effect; Perez expects it to break when the MCU resets around Secret Wars
- Tone: Darker, more mature; Bernthals Punisher factors into Peter’s growth
- Big-picture rumor: Holland’s current Spider-Man arc likely culminates by Avengers: Secret Wars
Between the practical stunt focus, Bernthal’s return, and the multiverse housekeeping, Brand New Day sounds like the most bruising and ambitious Holland Spidey yet. If they stick the landing on both the action and the heartbreak, this could be the one that changes how we think about his version of the character.