'It Wasn't Quite What We Wanted' — Tom Holland and Zendaya 'Hated' an Early Cut of Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Tom Holland said the film was reworked after notes from random viewers left the creative team unhappy with an early edit.
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters Friday, July 31, 2026, but star Tom Holland revealed he and his co-stars 'hated' an early cut that incorporated too many random audience notes.
- Holland, who spent time in the writers' room with Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, recalled that one early cut changed the movie based entirely on feedback from random viewers.
- TheWrap's William Bibbiani praised the final version as a 'fantastic film' about Peter Parker, while the movie is poised for one of the biggest box office openings of all time.
- The creative team determined the early version 'totally didn't work' and learned from the experience, forcing a complete reworking before finalizing the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster.
- Set four years after Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr. Strange cast a spell erasing the world's memory of him, Parker now anonymously protects New York City while his powers undergo a strange evolution.
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Tom Holland and Zendaya 'Hated' an Early Cut of 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day': Here's Why
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Early Cut ‘Took Notes From Random People’ at Test Screenings and ‘We Hated It,’ Says Tom Holland: ‘It Totally Didn’t Work’
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