Tom Holland says additional photography for Spider-Man: Brand New Day weaves more humor while expanding its villain storyline
After dropping a mid-March trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland is ready to share some details about the recent call for additional photography for the upcoming web-slinging sequel. While speaking with GQ, Holland told the outlet that the additional footage adds more humor to the film and expands the “villain plotline.”
Holland on the additions to Spider-Man: Brand New Day
“I can positively say that the stuff we’re doing, we don’t need,” Holland told GQ. “The movie works and sings as it is. We’re just adding the icing on the cake in certain areas. We’re finding some ways to add a little bit more humor. We’re layering in a villain plotline in a new way and some really fun stuff.”
It’s not uncommon for a blockbuster film to bring the band back together for additional photography, so this detail isn’t indicative of the film’s quality. Additional filming happens all the time, and in the case of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Sony wants the sequel to “sing” as catchy a tune as possible after making $1.91 billion with Spider-Man: No Way Home. After all, the sequel saw three Spider-Men joining forces to defeat a rogues’ gallery worth of villains. That’s a tough story to top, no matter what surprises are in store for Brand New Day.
Holland can’t wait for audiences to see Nolan’s The Odyssey
In addition to discussing Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Holland went to bat for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, saying, “It’s unlike anything that I’ve ever seen before.” Adding, “I think when I saw the movie, I found myself asking a question that I haven’t asked about a movie for a long time, which is, ‘How did you do that?’” Holland noted Nolan’s use of practical in-camera effects, which is always refreshing in a time when many filmmakers rely on CGI and green-screen tech to bring their films to life.
“I think fans are going to be really, really blown away by the set pieces and sequences throughout the movie,” Holland says, “because even as someone that was there on the day and was in the film, I was absolutely blown away by the scale, the scope, his ability to navigate such an intricate and heartfelt story in the middle of this insane kind of action movie.”
Between Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey, Holland’s got one hell of a 2026 coming his way. I’m more than ready to check out both films, and I believe Holland when he says Nolan is cooking up something special with his adaptation of Homer’s legendary epic poem. 2026 is shaping up to be a hell of a year at the cinema, with movies like Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three also on the way. My CineClub card is going to get quite the workout. Let’s go!
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