Spider-Man: Brand New Day Set Photo Shows Tom Holland With Jacob Batalon Wearing a Teasing T-Shirt

A photograph from the acceptable of Spider-Man: Brand New Day has fixed fans a look astatine Jacob Batalon, who volition instrumentality for the movie aft playing sidekick Ned Leeds successful Tom Holland's archetypal Marvel trilogy.

Also pictured successful the photograph is Zendaya, who of people plays MJ successful the Spider-Man movies and is Holland's real-life partner. While it's not a astonishment to spot some Zendaya and Batalon present connected acceptable — the brace had antecedently been confirmed to person much insignificant roles successful the movie — this is the archetypal clip we've seen the series' halfway trio of friends together.

In addition, fans are wondering if — similar Holland successful his Spidey suit — the photograph besides shows Batalon successful costume, arsenic helium wears a distinctive MIT shirt.

Batalon's quality Ned was past seen astatine the extremity of 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home. Like MJ, Ned receives an acceptance missive to be the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology the pursuing year.

With some characters having forgotten Peter Parker (due to Doctor Strange's multiverse-saving spell), it's implied that Ned and MJ volition be MIT together, leaving New York and immoderate imaginable aboriginal reunion with Spider-Man firmly behind.

Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon connected the acceptable of #SpiderManBrandNewDay pic.twitter.com/tMkottMAF5

Now, this caller photograph appears to corroborate that is so what happened adjacent — adjacent if the characters bash inactive extremity up making an quality successful Brand New Day. To date, filming for the movie has taken spot successful Glasgow, Scotland, with streets redecorated to look similar New York. Perhaps Ned and MJ are backmost visiting the Big Apple for outpouring break, starring to immoderate benignant of reunion with Peter? Or, perhaps, Holland's quality goes to cheque up connected them successful Boston.

The adjacent Spidey movie is rumored to pit Tom Holland’s web-slinger against a enactment of street-level villains, including the instrumentality of Michael Mando’s Scorpion. The movie besides features Jon Bernthal, who volition reprise his relation arsenic Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, and is rumored to besides see Mark Ruffalo, reprising his relation arsenic Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk. Stranger Things prima Sadie Sink volition besides play a large relation — which, truthful far, Marvel is doing a bully occupation of keeping nether wraps.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is acceptable to debut successful theaters adjacent summer, connected July 31, 2026.

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