Tom Holland says new 'Spider-Man' is the most emotional, most mature,
yet
[April 14, 2026]
By LINDSEY BAHR
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is dealing with the reality
of making his friends forget his identity in the upcoming “Spider-Man”
movie.
Sony Pictures unveiled new footage from “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”
Monday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, in which Zendaya’s character MJ
apparently has a boyfriend.
Five years after “Spider-Man: No Way Home” became a sensation in
theaters, earning over $1.9 billion worldwide thanks in part to the
appearance of past Spider-Men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, the
webslinger’s fourth standalone movie is one of the most hotly
anticipated of the summer. Its trailer already broke records, with over
1 billion views in its first four days.
Tom Holland, in a video message, told the exhibitors in the audience
that it’s the most emotional Spider-Man movie yet, and “the most
grown-up.” He introduced an early scene in the new film showing the
aftermath of his decision at the end of “No Way Home.” In the sequence,
he attends a housewarming party for MJ and Jacob Batalon’s Ned and
introduces himself as “Maynard … just a neighbor from across the hall.”
Destin Daniel Cretton, who made the Marvel movie “Shang-Chi and the
Legend of the Ten Rings” stepped in to direct this newest “Spider-Man,”
which opens in theaters on July 31.
Sony Pictures has for years kicked off the annual conference and trade
show for movie theater owners, where throughout the week Hollywood's
major studios bring out stars and new footage hoping to wow the people
putting their films on the big screen. The studio announced the
development of an R-rated adaptation of the video game “Bloodborne,” and
the release date of “Godzilla Minus One” director Takashi Yamazaki’s
English language debut, “Grand Gear,” which will begin filming soon.
It’s scheduled to hit theaters on Feb. 18, 2028.
They also debuted new footage from the “Spider-Verse” finale, revealed
the title of the next “Jumanji” movie — “Open World” — previewed
“Weapons” filmmaker Zach Cregger's “Resident Evil,” and gave the
audience a first look at Jeremy Strong playing Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron
Sorkin's “The Social Reckoning,” a companion piece to “The Social
Network.”
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CinemaCon attendees walk past advertisements for upcoming films
including "Desert Warrior" and "Spiderman: Brand New Day" during the
opening day of CinemaCon 2026, the official convention of Cinema
United, on Monday, April 13, 2026, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
 Oscar-winner Mikey Madison (“Anora”)
plays Facebook engineer Frances Haugen and Jeremy Allen White is
then-Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz in the film, which
comes out in October. Haugen leaked thousands of pages of internal
Facebook records to the Journal, yielding a 2021 investigation known
as the “Facebook Files.” The series of stories alleged the social
media giant was prioritizing profits over safety and hiding its own
research from investors and the public.
“It was time to say more,” said Sorkin, who described this film as
“a real David and Goliath story.”
In the footage, Strong's Zuckerberg quips that he's “a professional
defendant” and pushes back on an adviser saying, “I’m not two years
out of a dorm room anymore.”
Sony Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman said he believes “it’s going to be
an Olympic level movie year overall” while also acknowledging the
industry’s “serious challenges” including that admissions have been
down since before the pandemic.
Studios, he said, need to deliver a variety of great films for all
audiences. He also made some recommendations for theaters, imploring
them to enforce longer theatrical windows “even if that means you
cannot play every film,” to get rid of endless advertising before
films and make going to the theater more affordable.
“I’m not heckling,” Rothman said. “I’m rooting for you.”
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