Brand New Day’ Drops New Footage at CinemaCon With Tom Holland, Zendaya – Celebrity & Entertainment News

Zendaya’s Michelle Jones-Watson has a new man in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the upcoming installment in the web-slinging trilogy.

It’s not that she’s dumped her beau, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. She just doesn’t remember that he exists. That’s because the prior “Spider-Man” adventure concluded with Spider-Man making the difficult decision to erase his identity from the world, leaving his girlfriend and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) to forget about him. A new clip, which debuted at CinemaCon on Monday night, sees Peter as he discovers Michelle kissing an unknown man at a party.

Holland wasn’t at CinemaCon, the annual convention for movie theater owners that’s currently taking place at Caesars Palace, but he appeared via hologram to introduce an extended scene from the new film. “Peter had to make a sacrifice to make all his friends forget who he is,” Holland teased. “Here, you’ll see some of the consequences of that choice.”

The sequence begins with Peter Parker on his phone at the local bodega as Ned walks in the store to buy beer and a keg… without noticing his former best friend who is hunched in the corner. Peter follows Ned to a crowded college party, complete with red solo cups and decorative lights adorning the walls. At the rager, Peter notices that Ned has a conspiracy cork board with headlines about the one and only Spider-Man.

“He actually saved me and my friend’s lives in high school,” Ned tells the stranger (Peter) in his midst. “Ever since, I’ve been trying to figure out who he is. Not to unmask him to the world, just to thank him.”

Ned rattles off the one thing he’s certain about the masked hero: “We know he’s definitely from Queens…” he says. “I’ve been able to narrow it down to two prime suspects” before revealing photos of Flash Thompson and Professor Harrington. “If you knew who they were, it would really blow your mind.”

Before she starts canoodling with her new love interest, Michelle interrupts the two men to acknowledge the growing crowd. “There’s like 50 people in our apartment. Statistically speaking, it means at least two are sociopaths, which is cool.”

Peter introduces himself to her as “Maynard” and tells her “I’m just a neighbor from across the hall.”

He hands her a small bouquet of flowers, prompting her to say — “friendly neighbor.”

The fourth “Spider-Man” adventure with Holland in the Spandex suit is set after the events of the third film, 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Here’s the vague logline: “A strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats Spider-Man’s ever faced.”

Sadie Sink is joining the cast, though her role in the film hasn’t been established. It’s been suggested she could play “X-Men” mutant Jean Grey, a character who has been brought to the screen in the past by Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner.

Destin Daniel Cretton (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) is directing the film, taking over for Jon Watts, who helmed the first three films in the franchise. “Spider Man 4,” which swings to theaters on July 31, is one of two major Marvel movies to debut this year. The other is Disney’s “Avengers: Doomsday,” which will bring back the kitchen sink of Avengers characters on Dec. 18.

“I’m sure you’ve seen how big and fun the action is,” Holland says. “But what I want to let you know is the movie is the most emotional ‘Spider-Man’ we’ve ever made. And the most grown up.”

Sony’s chairman Tom Rothman called “Brand New Day” as” big as anything we’ve ever made, and yet it feels like nothing we’ve ever made.” He also hyped up the leading man, saying “it has Tom Holland, and I can say this because I’ve seen the movie, in his finest performance.”

More to come…