Tom Holland's subsequent Spider-Man film has recruited a punishing new star.

Leisure Weekly has confirmed that Jon Bernthal has joined the solid of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, bringing his Marvel TV character, Frank Fortress, a.ok.a. the Punisher, to the massive display for the primary time.

It's a beautiful little bit of full-circle casting, as Bernthal lately revealed that he considers himself no less than "a bit" accountable for Holland touchdown the position of Spider-Man within the first place (and that he and Holland filmed one another's audition tapes for his or her respective Marvel roles whereas they had been taking pictures the 2017 movie Pilgrimage).

"I’ll take credit score that, in [Holland's] audition tape, he did this factor the place he kind of [slid] into the scene and I gave him the word: 'Tom, perhaps it is best to kind of run up that wall and do a double backflip after which begin the scene,'" Bernthal mentioned on Jimmy Kimmel Live in April. "He was like, 'Yeah, you assume I ought to do this? That's not an excessive amount of?' And I used to be like, 'I don't assume any of those different fools are ready to do this.'"

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Whereas a lot of Holland's fourth Spider-Man film remains to be a thriller, the solid is now beginning to take kind. Zendaya and Jacob Batalon are each again, reprising their roles as MJ and Ned. Together with Bernthal, Stranger Things star Sadie Sink has additionally joined the ensemble, in a but unknown position.

Sony and Marvel's newest three way partnership is being directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), with a script from Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna. It's set to shoot in England this summer time.

Bernthal made his Marvel debut because the trigger-happy vigilante in Netflix's Daredevil collection earlier than occurring to entrance his personal spinoff, The Punisher, which ran for 2 seasons. He lately introduced the character again within the Disney+'s revival collection Daredevil: Born Again, and he's writing a standalone Punisher TV particular for the streaming service, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced. He will even return for season 2 of Born Again, which showrunner Dario Scardapane mentioned will debut in March 2026 (earlier than the July 31, 2026, launch of Spider-Man: Model New Day).

"It's like a shotgun blast of a narrative, but in addition has all of the pathos and emotion that you really want out of a Frank Fortress story," Brad Winderbaum, the pinnacle of Marvel Tv, beforehand advised EW in regards to the upcoming Punisher particular. "It's so thrilling."

Spider-Man: Model New Day follows 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Residence, and 2021's Spider-Man: No Means Residence — the ending of which erased Peter Parker from the reminiscence of everybody who knew he was Spider-Man, together with all his pals and family members. The ultimate scenes featured Peter returning to his comedian e book roots as a street-level hero, engaged on his personal with none fancy know-how or high-powered allies.

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"I do know we left you with a large cliffhanger on the finish of No Means Residence, so Spider Man: Model New Day is a recent begin," Holland mentioned at CinemaCon in April. "It’s precisely that. That’s all I can say. That's all I've been allowed to say. And I'm properly over the hump of gifting away spoilers, so don't be fearful. I'm not going to do this at this time. However thanks to your help. It's all the time a pleasure and I can be again subsequent yr, hopefully."

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