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Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office in six days, the second-fastest film ever to hit that mark behind Avengers: Endgame. Moreover, the movie opened to a record-breaking $360 million domestic weekend that topped Endgame‘s previous high. These numbers reflect the general audience’s anticipation for a new Spider-Man movie, but…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day didn’t just deliver a strong standalone story, but it also quietly planted seeds across the MCU. Released on July 31, Tom Holland’s fourth solo outing as Spider-Man introduced and advanced key Marvel characters, most notably Sadie Sink’s Jean Grey and Tramell Tillman’s William Metzger, that point toward both near-term events and…

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day has proven itself a success by every meaningful metric. The film opened to a record-breaking $360 million domestically, edging out Avengers: Endgame‘s longstanding $357.1 million benchmark to become the biggest opening weekend in box office history. The movie added another $572 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total north of $930 million…

On Friday, July 31st, the New York Mets celebrated Spider-Man Night at CitiField. The night featured people dressed as Spider-Man, J.K. Simmons doing a hilarious bit as J. Jonah Jameson, celebrities meeting Mr and Mrs Met, and the scoreboard showing the opposing Marlins as supervillains (doubtless AI, but here we are.) 

While “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” makes the identity of Sadie Sink’s character into its central twist,  the most dedicated Marvel fans weren’t surprised by the answer. Sink is the redheaded telepath Jean Grey, specifically a version who hasn’t joined the X-Men yet.

Tom Holland in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing

Batman fans have endured multiple delays to Matt Reeves’ “The Batman: Part II,” which is now set to debut in February 2028, almost six years after the first installment. In the meantime, however, one of the best on-screen interpretations of the character just returned for a second season. “Batman: Caped Crusader” Season 2 is now…

Unsurprisingly, the new “Spider-Man” movie is packed full of Easter eggs and nods. Like any proper superhero movie, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” includes plenty of cameos from other Marvel characters and references events from other movies you might not have seen (or, in the case of a “Thunderbolts*” nod, definitely haven’t seen, judging by its box…

As Marvel heroes go, Jean Grey might be one of the most popular. An Omega-level mutant, one of the founding members of the X-Men, and a character that has gone through seemingly countless transformations since her comic book debut in 1963, Jean has been a staple figure for a lot of fans so her popularity…