Spider-Man: Brand New Day 4K Trailer Screenshots Reveal Another Surprising Link To The X-Men

Spider-Man: Brand New Day 4K Trailer Screenshots Reveal Another Surprising Link To The X-Men

4K screenshots from the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer highlight some of the biggest moments and reveal another surprising connection to Marvel Comics' mutants and the X-Men.

By JoshWilding - Jun 17, 2026 05:06 PM EST

The new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer was finally released earlier today. While it would have been instantly familiar to those of you who watched the leaked versions earlier this month, seeing it in 4K is a long-overdue, welcome treat.

We'll have a more in-depth breakdown for you tomorrow, but now that we can watch the trailer without any annoying watermarks, it's easy to spot some intriguing new details. 

Thanks to some 4K screenshots from the preview, we can explore those and all the most eye-catching moments from this spectacular sneak peek (tickets for the movie went on sale earlier today and are reportedly selling out fast).

Chief among them is the mention of an unexpected comic book character on Ned Leeds' board of Spider-Man research. Carlos Rodriguez is identified as a "Latino Parkour Prodigy" who may or may not be New York's web-slinger. 

On the page, he's a member of the Y-Men, a gang of criminals operating out of the closed La Jolla Paintball Arena in California. When mutant tattoo artist Leon Nunez got into debt to them for $18,000, he offered the group superpowers to pay it off. Later, Rodriguez used his powers to break his brother, Julio Rodriguez, out of prison.

Despite proving a formidable force, the Y-Men were defeated by the Young X-Men and de-powered by Ink's new Phoenix force-like power.

With the Department of Damage Control reportedly rounding up mutants in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, this is an intriguing Easter Egg and one that continues to tease the MCU's X-Men (even though Rodriguez wasn't technically a mutant himself). 

Check out these 4K screenshots from the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer below.

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In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it's a Brand New Day for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter he may not have the power to control.

But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see. The world may have forgotten Peter Parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day's cast includes Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando, and Mark Ruffalo. 

The movie is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers. The film is produced by Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Rachel O'Connor. Executive producers include Louis D'Esposito and David Cain. 

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31, 2026.

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OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/17/2026, 5:15 PM
Marvel Studios Spider-Man: Brand New Day EPIC on Steroids..............

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LibraMattered
LibraMattered - 6/17/2026, 5:19 PM
The dark eyes kind of give off symbiote vibes. Possibly hinting of what’s to come? I don’t them going full on man-spider. Also, why would Jean Grey be a villain? I guess we’ll see. Really interesting aspects to this Spidey film.
UceOmega
UceOmega - 6/17/2026, 5:23 PM
@LibraMattered - apparently it’s not Jean grey but it has to be right?
DrCigarettes
DrCigarettes - 6/17/2026, 5:25 PM
@LibraMattered - Dark eyes have nothing to do with the symbiote. They’re adapting either Man-Spider or The Other. Read a comic.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/17/2026, 5:27 PM
@LibraMattered - I think they might go full Man-Spider in the third act or atleast he comes close to it…

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I could see this Jean being inspired more by her Ultimate counterpart who was a more grittier/edgier take on the character atleast initially (if that’s who Sadie is indeed playing)
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/17/2026, 5:56 PM
@DrCigarettes - you're right. They're gonna jump the shark instead of building to something so ridiculous
DrCigarettes
DrCigarettes - 6/17/2026, 5:26 PM
Josh, learn what 4K actually is. These images are no where near that resolution. Moron
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 6/17/2026, 5:28 PM
@TheFinestSmack here we go!🤣😆🤣
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 6/17/2026, 5:36 PM
Love the video game-inspired fighting.
Spike101
Spike101 - 6/17/2026, 5:43 PM
The Scorpion looks absolutely awful, that coupled with the terrible miscasting of Ned Leeds and MJ ruins whole movie. It doesn’t matter how good or bad the rest of it is, those things kill it.
EscapeMySight
EscapeMySight - 6/17/2026, 5:50 PM
These are NOT 4K! lol
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/17/2026, 5:59 PM
Cool Easter egg about Carlos Rodriguez , I wasn’t familiar with that character but if that’s meant to be him from the comics then that’s a pretty neat deep cut imo…

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Also if Sadie is indeed playing Jean Grey then her being in the same movie where Spidey is going through a mutation of his own seems intentional thematically so I’m interested to see where that goes tbh!!.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/17/2026, 5:59 PM
If she's Jean this whole thing is ruined from the get go. Unless if they're gonna introduce her, then she plays the same character in the alternate reality reboot. She better be playing the Spider Queen or whatever comic book character that's similar to Jean. It could be considering he's the only one unaffected, or it's because he's a mutant. It better be the former. Mid ass trailer
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/17/2026, 6:07 PM
He is papalonob
themawisdead
themawisdead - 6/17/2026, 6:09 PM
that thunderclap shot is FIRE

loving what i'm seeing!

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