Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Villain Montage Goes Online, and Six Rogues Get Their Moment

What do you do when you can't fit six villains into the marketing? You open the movie with all of them. The first nine minutes of Spider-Man: Brand New Day…

By Reetam Bodhak

October 8, 2026

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What do you do when you can’t fit six villains into the marketing? You open the movie with all of them. The first nine minutes of Spider-Man: Brand New Day are now available online through Fandango, giving fans a full look at the comic-cover-inspired villain montage.

Detail	Info
Film	Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Lead	Tom Holland as Spider-Man
Clip	First 9 minutes (Fandango “Extended Preview”)
Status	Digital purchase now; Netflix streaming to follow
Box office	Over $2.5 billion, per The Direct

The Opening Montage: Who Spider-Man Fights

The clip shows Peter clashing with six villains, a nod to classic comic covers. It also highlights how busy he has been in New York since No Way Home.

Villain	Played By	What Happens
Scorpion	Michael Mando	Returns after being teased in Homecoming; broken out of prison and mind-controlled by Jean Grey, then loses again
Tombstone	Marvin Jones III	Dangles Spidey off a building, then is defeated off-screen and arrested
Tarantula	Not named in source	Fights Spidey on a boat, recreating Amazing Spider-Man #134’s cover
Boomerang	Not named in source	Chased across the city’s rooftops
The Hand	Ninja order	Spidey takes them on in the sky
Ramrod	Billy Clements	Spidey thrusts him into a wall in front of onlookers

Surprises and Misdirection

Many fans expected a much bigger role for Tombstone, so a few seconds on screen was a shock. A theory that M.J.’s new boyfriend would be revealed as Boomerang didn’t pan out either, as neither character got enough screen time for a twist. The main villain duties actually fell to Tramell Tillman’s Damage Control boss William Metzger and, to a lesser extent, Sadie Sink’s Jean Grey. The Hand later became the basis for the film’s third-act battle after Hulk.

Will These Villains Return?

The Direct thinks Boomerang, Tarantula and Ramrod are too obscure to come back. Alistair Smythe could be the hidden link behind them, though that is pure speculation. Tombstone is a different story, with a rumoured “overarching” role in the next Spider-Man trilogy. That could set up a New York turf war involving Kingpin, Silvermane and Hammerhead, with Scorpion possibly joining. The Hand has also been reported for Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, so Matt Murdock may have to deal with them next.