Trying over the 2026 films schedule, there are a handful of upcoming superhero films to sit up for. On the Marvel Cinematic Universe entrance, Spider-Man: Model New Day is about to entertaining theatergoing viewers on the finish of July, with this marking Tom Holland’s return to the franchise since 2021’s Spider-Man: No Means Dwelling. Now it’s been revealed that Holland’s Peter Parker is about to crew up with one other Avenger in Model New Day, although to be sincere, I’m extra excited in regards to the villain that’s additionally been lined up for the upcoming Marvel film.
As shared by THR, and following only a few hours after the brand new Spider-Man costume tease, Mark Ruffalo has been tapped to reprise Bruce Banner, a.ok.a. The Hulk, in Spider-Man: Model New Day, one thing that had been rumored over the past a number of months. Moreover, Michael Mando is on deck to reprise Mac Gargan, who was final seen in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Together with his return will carry the character’s transformation into The Scorpion.
Information of Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk reprisal comes three years after he final performed the character in She-Hulk: Legal professional at Legislation, which may be streamed with a Disney+ subscription. Though Ruffalo and Tom Holland each appeared in Avengers: Infinity Conflict and Avengers: Endgame, neither of their characters shared any important display screen time. Nevertheless, since they’re each scientifically gifted, I’ve little doubt they’ll get alongside splendidly.
As indicated earlier, Hulk would be the second Avenger Tom Holland’s Peter Parker groups up with in one among his personal films. He first did so with Tony Stark/Iron Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming, then the team-up pattern continued with Nick Fury in Spider-Man: Far From Dwelling, adopted by Physician Unusual and the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield variants of Peter in Spider-Man: No Means Dwelling. Jon Bernthal had already been introduced to be reprising Frank Fort/The Punisher in Model New Day, however for sure that Mark Ruffalo’s character packs plenty of additional muscle.
And but, I discover myself being extra excited to see Michael Mando’s Mac Gargan lastly grow to be The Scorpion. Not solely was it teased within the Homecoming end-credits scene that Gargan was trying to precise revenge on the Wall-Crawler with different like-minded people, however Scorpion is a type of traditional Spidey enemies who nonetheless hasn’t been tailored for movie. Certain, it was cool to see Scorpion in motion throughout the animated sequence Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man earlier this 12 months, however I’ve been ready for years for that character to attempt to impale Spidey along with his cybernetic tail on the massive display screen. Now it’s occurring, although it’s unclear if Scorpion would be the film’s massive unhealthy or only a supporting antagonist.
Spider-Man: Model New Day will start principal images later this month, and can arrive in theaters on July 31, 2026. This time round, Destin Daniel Cretton is sitting within the director’s chair, whereas Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers as soon as once more dealt with scripting duties.