Reading: Spider-man: Brand New Day Release Date report points to one post-credits scene

Spider-man: Brand New Day Release Date report points to one post-credits scene

Published
3 min read
Advertisement

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is reportedly being lined up with a single post-credits scene, and that ending is said to point straight at Avengers: Doomsday. The claim comes from Cryptic HD QUALITY, which said, in effect, that Brand New Day only has one post-credits scene and that it sets up Doomsday.

That is why the Spider-Man: Brand New Day release date is drawing attention now. The film is the only MCU movie on the calendar before Avengers: Doomsday, so whatever Marvel Studios chooses to put after the credits would carry more weight than usual. Tom Holland is at the center of that interest, even though none of the Spider-Man actors have been confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday yet.

Marvel Studios has spent nearly 20 years training audiences to stay seated after the credits, using those scenes to tee up the next story, land a final joke or introduce a cast member. But during the Multiverse Saga, the studio also took heat for stacking multiple stingers that seemed to go nowhere. More recently, that pattern has shifted. Thunderbolts* teases the Fantastic Four’s arrival into the main MCU timeline, and First Steps gave the first look at Doctor Doom, a sign that the studio is again using its extras to build toward something specific.

- Advertisement -

That is what makes this report stand out. The setup is clear enough, but the scene itself is not. It could still turn on Yelena Belova, who was effectively confirmed for Brand New Day earlier this month, or on Doctor Doom himself, who already had a wordless cameo in First Steps. Either way, the ending appears designed less as a throwaway tease and more as a bridge to the next Avengers movie.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is also due to arrive a week after San Diego Comic-Con, when Marvel Studios will hold one of its signature Hall H panels and the Doomsday trailer is widely expected to debut before going online. That puts the movie in an unusually exposed spot: it comes after the studio has already begun framing the next phase of the MCU, but before the audience gets to see how those pieces fit together. If the report is right, the final scene will not just hint at what comes next. It will be part of the handoff.

Advertisement
Share This Article