The beloved Marvel movie has been changed.
Nine months after releasing exclusively in movie theaters, Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) was still the biggest movie at the pandemic-era box office. The joint venture between Sony Pictures’ producer Amy Pascal and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige remained the best-performing superhero film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four, and fans could return to the world of Peter Parker and his web-slinging, wall-crawling, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man with a re-release of the popular movie.
Spider-Man: No Way Home debuted on December 17, 2021, after months of hype, rumors, and speculation. The third outing in director Jon Watts’ Spider-Man series smashed box office expectations and went on to become a $2 billion box office hit. Tom Holland’s return as Peter Parker alongside Zendaya (MJ) and Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds), was heralded as one of, if not, the best Spider-Man film of all time.
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Bolstered by the return of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe villains such as Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) and Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), Spider-Man: No Way Home eventually fulfilled its destiny by joining 20 years’ worth of live-action Spidey actors together on-screen. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield of Spider-Man (2002) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), respectively, teamed up with Holland’s MCU incarnation of Peter Parker after Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) forgetting spell goes awry.
The Multiversal story would continue in the MCU’s follow-up to No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) from Spider-Man director, Sam Raimi. Audiences got their first look at the highly anticipated sequel in the post-credits scene of Spider-Man: No Way Home, following a Tom Hardy-centric mid-credits scene featuring the actor as Eddie Brock/Venom. The post-credits scene made history as the first MCU movie to show a full-teaser trailer in place of an actual in-universe sequence; there was no “Avengers Initiative”, here.
However, following the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in theaters and on Disney+, it raised the question of what Marvel and Sony would do regarding the Doctor Strange sequel teaser trailer.
Replace it.
September 2022 saw the re-release of Spider-Man: No Way Home in movie theaters. Beginning in Indonesia on August 31, 2022, the movie was released in the United States and other territories from September 1, 2022, onwards. The Spider-Man: No Way Home–The More Fun Stuff Version extended cut boasted an additional 11 minutes of footage and also a change in the film’s post-credit scene.
As Reddit user u/KostisPat257 reported (via The Direct):
A new post-credits scene in place of the MoM trailer shows Betty doing her very last news segment right before graduation, showing pictures of the kids’ adventures throughout high school (Decathlon, Europe trip etc), but all of the pics are missing Peter Parker, indicating how the memory spell works.
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The memory spell Doctor Strange enacts at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home (the one where he makes the world forget who Peter Parker is, including his girlfriend, best friend, and mentor) caused a few raised eyebrows, with some fans questioning the logistics of such a large-scale act of magic. However, fans could ascertain from the above description that the new post-credits scene answered a few of those queries.
The release of Spider-Man: No Way Home–The More Fun Stuff Version was promoted with a Multiversal, Avengers-style poster featuring the many cameos the movie studios tried to keep quiet ahead of the film’s initial release. The re-release also included the deleted scene featuring Holland’s brother as a thief.
For a while, it was touch-and-go as to whether Marvel and Sony would continue the Spider-Man franchise, but over the last year, cameras have rolled, and production is underway for Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026).
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the highly anticipated fourth Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, once again starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and scheduled for release on July 31, 2026, the movie serves as a fresh start for Peter following the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, where his identity was wiped from everyone’s memory.
Drawing inspiration from the “Brand New Day” comic arc, the film explores Peter’s navigation of college life, part-time work, and renewed street-level heroics. Zendaya and Jacob Batalon are expected to return, while new cast members such as Sadie Sink join alongside established MCU characters, including Jon Bernthal’s Punisher and Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk.
The film aims to blend grounded storytelling with high-energy action, with Marvel President Kevin Feige hinting that this chapter will showcase Spider-Man fully stepping into his role as a street-level protector. Production wrapped after a 128-day shoot that took place in Glasgow, London, and other locations before moving into post-production.
While specific plot points remain under wraps, early descriptions suggest the story will revolve around Peter’s renewed anonymity, pushing him to define what being a hero means without the support systems he once relied on, all while facing new threats, returning allies, and unexpected challenges.
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