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‘Spider-Man 4’ officially has a title and a release date in 2026

Tom Holland promises that he won't spoil this entry in the franchise

By Joe Allen Apr 1, 2025 1:17 PM

Tom Holland in Spider-Man No Way Home — Sony Pictures

It’s already been four years since Spider-Man: No Way Home united Tom Holland’s version of the character with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s, and for a time, there were questions about whether Holland was hanging up his saddle as the character.

We’ve known that Spider-Man 4 was coming for some time, though, and now, we know the movie will be called Spider-Man: Brave New World. The title dropped at Cinema Con along with a release date of July 31, 2026.

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Tom Holland wasn’t on hand for the presentation because he’s filming Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but he promised that the title was appropriate to the film they were making. “I am so sorry I can’t be with you. I am halfway around the world shooting a movie,” Holland said in a video. “I know we left you with a massive clip hanger at the end of No Way Home, so Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a fresh start. It is exactly that. That’s all I can say.”

“That’s all I’ve been allowed to say,” Holland added. “And I’m well over the hump of giving away spoilers, so don’t be worried. I’m not going to do that today.”

Director Destin Daniel Cretton was on-hand to present the project and spoke about how he’s approaching the film, which is set to shoot this summer.

“I’m spending my time exploring the next stage of this amazing character with a team of the most incredible artists in the world,” Cretton hinted. “We’re all, just daily, nerding out over the suit, how to swing, how to create an event, an emotional story, and a ride that we haven’t really seen before.”

While we don’t know exactly what the movie will be about, we do know that Holland’s Peter Parker is totally alone at the end of No Way Home, with everyone he loved having forgotten who he is. That means that there are endless possibilities for how Brand New Day might play out.

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Do you know the myth of Napoleon (the pig…not the man)

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One of the many times I watched The Gentlemen, I laughed at the scene where Matthew (Jeremy Strong) joked that it was illegal in France to name a pig Napoleon. Of course, there are ridiculous laws all over the place. Want a few? In Georgia, it is illegal to eat fried chicken with a fork. In Arkansas, it is against the law to say the name incorrectly. Which means Bill Clinton would have come after me for years of me saying “ARE-Kansas.” It is prohibited to sleep on top of a refrigerator in Pennsylvania. That means my cat is a thug in Penn. And one of my favorites: It is illegal for unmarried women to parachute on Sundays.

The point is that there are crazy laws all over the place that seem completely ridiculous, and there is almost always a story behind them. So, is the Napoleon pig law a real thing? Is it illegal to raise a swine and name it after the legendary French Emperor? Well, let’s dig in. Why? Because I am a nerd and I need company in the weeds.

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James Bond Specter double breasted

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His is real.

A toast to excellence: Don’t overthink lighting a cigar…but don’t underthink it either

Face, Head, Person

When I first decided I was ready to try cigars for the first time, I was ready to jump right in and sit back to enjoy the experience. Then, something crazy happened. I couldn’t light it. It seemed so simple. Flame, meet cigar. It really couldn’t be that complicated. But I ran into a slew of problems. The wrong kind of flame, canoeing, an uneven burn, and the damn thing kept going out, causing me to restart the embarrassing process. So I reached out to my friends over at La Aurora to find out what I was doing wrong.

That is when I found out from their own John Gaglio that these issues are very common and there is no reason to be embarrassed. Instead, don’t overthink lighting your cigar. And don’t underthink it. Instead, try to use the following tips and enjoy the experience without shame.