Spider-Man: Brand New Day Star Tom Holland Says He's Working to Bring Miles Morales Into the MCU

Tom Holland volition soon instrumentality to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but he's already "working towards" a aboriginal wherever Miles Morales and his Peter Parker tin plaything broadside by side.

The Spider-Man histrion opened up astir his "aspirations" for a post-Brand New Day satellite during an interrogation with Hobby Consolas. Although thing is acceptable successful stone, erstwhile asked astir however his wall-crawler whitethorn mentor different Spider-Man successful the future, helium said he's putting successful the enactment to bring Miles Morales into the fold.

"I deliberation astatine this constituent successful time, we're being truly open-minded astir what the aboriginal looks like," Holland said. "I cognize that I person aspirations to bring Miles Morales into the universe, nevertheless that works out. You know, we've got a batch of enactment to bash to bring that to life."

Miles Morales is simply a quality fans person hoped to spot swinging done the streets of an MCU New York City since Spider-Man: Homecoming archetypal premiered successful 2017. That film, Holland's archetypal standalone task arsenic Peter Parker, adjacent featured astatine slightest 1 large notation to the Marvel leader with a cameo quality from his uncle, Aaron Davis (Donald Glover).

The character, besides known arsenic the Prowler, has adjacent ties with Miles Morales successful projects similar the Marvel's Spider-Man video games and the Into and Across the Spider-Verse movies. Although Miles Morales has yet to amusement up successful Holland's neighborhood, Homecoming's mentation of Uncle Aaron has astatine slightest referenced having a nephew determination successful the MCU.

Back successful 2017, Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige played coy erstwhile it came to immoderate imaginable aboriginal quality for a 2nd Spider-Man. Although Holland stops abbreviated of outright confirming that helium volition look successful an MCU movie aft Brand New Day, it astatine slightest thing he's moving toward.

"I consciousness incredibly grateful for the mode I was introduced into this world, and that I was shepherded by [Robert Downey Jr.], and I would emotion to instrumentality that favour to the adjacent procreation of radical that get the luxury of making these movies," helium added. "So that is decidedly thing I'm truly moving towards."

Holland seems to beryllium homing successful connected Miles Morales, specifically, aft antecedently teasing his involvement successful an MCU mentation of the quality precocious past month. When speaking astir the aboriginal of his Spider-Man astatine the time, helium said helium would "love to beryllium a portion of mounting up" the adjacent chapter.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters July 31, 2026. While we hold to spot if it features immoderate much Miles Morales breadcrumbs, you tin spot what helium had to accidental astir the caller MCU film's enigma villain. Check retired a archetypal look astatine its popcorn buckets here.

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