Spider-Man: Brand New Day BTS Photo Reveals References To J. Jonah Jameson, Screwball, Foolkiller, More

Spider-Man: Brand New Day BTS Photo Reveals References To J. Jonah Jameson, Screwball, Foolkiller, More

Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Villain Tracker Board has been fully revealed, and it's crammed full of Easter Eggs, story reveals, and nods to the comics, including a hint about The Scorpion's origin.

By JoshWilding - Aug 29, 2026 09:08 AM EST

In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter Parker has isolated himself from the world and operates out of a dingy (albeit surprisingly spacious) loft in his apartment building. In there, the web-slinger has a Villain Tracker Board, which is only briefly shown in the movie. 

Now, though, the designer responsible for creating that has shared a full look at the many threats and menaces Spidey has spent the past few years keeping track of in the Big Apple.

Concept art features new looks at characters like Tombstone and Ramrod, while there are heaps of Easter Eggs, including references to villains like Hypno-Huster, Screwball, The Enforcers, and Foolkiller. Interestingly, the devil symbol seen on the tank in set photos also features, with Peter wondering what it means. Perhaps that was once set to play a larger role in the story? 

One of the more intriguing references is a possible connection between J. Jonah Jameson and The Scorpion. In the comics, Jonah funds the procedure that gives Mac Gargan his superpowers, hoping he'll take the hero down and unmask him. 

Jonah isn't featured in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and neither is Scorpion's origin, but this nod is sure to be appreciated by many fans. 

Crucially, at the top of the board, we see that Peter keeps a reminder of his Aunt May's greatest lesson: "Great Power, Great Responsibility." 

Spider-Man: Brand New Day will sink Titanic at the box office this weekend, and is now gunning for Star Wars: The Force Awakens' record as the highest-grossing blockbuster ever in the U.S. Despite that, there's still no word from Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures on when we might see Spider-Man 5 in theaters.

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.

In our review, we concluded by saying, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day is everything fans could want. Emotional, hilarious, and heartfelt, it’s an action-packed love letter to the comics and one of Spidey’s best big-screen adventures. Spider-Man has never been more amazing."

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now playing in theaters.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 8/29/2026, 9:48 AM
sucks that they brought him back only to play a completely different character.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 8/29/2026, 11:29 AM
@harryba11zack -
Yeah, all of the potential for interactions or seeing J.J.Jameson react to the reveal of Spider-man's identity and it was all wasted because some absolute piece of shit garbage writer wanted to have it as a reference to Alex Jones and InfoWars. Such wasted potential.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/29/2026, 12:05 PM
@harryba11zack - I'd love to see a more serious take on JJJ played by Simmons. Dudes a great actor he'd be great in a meatier grittier role.

There's plenty of comics they could pull from here. One of the better character arcs in the early Stan Lee comics is the J Jonah/Frederick Foswell stuff. I also remember a really cool issue of Web of Spider-Man when he's kidnapped by the Chameleon and his life flashes before his eyes.
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SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 8/29/2026, 12:42 PM
@Scarilian - I thought the Alex Jones angle was pretty interesting, they just didn’t explore it enough. I would have loved if, when Peter is in Ned’s conspiracy room, a podcast is playing in the background with JJJ talking about the “mind jumper” being in leagues with Spidey.

I really enjoyed BND, but a serious misstep with the Tom Holland Spidey movies is the lack of the Bugle and Jameson.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 8/29/2026, 10:02 AM
Not having him in the movie, made it feel a lot more avengers but a lot less Spider-Man. But it’s not like we did not see plenty JJJ in the first trilogy. Definitely part of why that trilogy is goated.

To me, the top 7 page to screen marvel characters, are JJJ, Prof X, Tony, Logan (your height concerns and my wrongness are noted, moving on), Deadpool, Blade, and Beast, in terms of the actor being perfect for the role. Xavier and Tony are played by guys that are practically them in real life. JJJ was played by someone who very recently up to that point, was only known as, a particularly evil neo Nazi named Schilinger, on the HBO show Oz. His take on JJJ did not come from somewhere expected like a beloved ST:TNG character or from RDJ actually being that way, nah it came out of nowhere, and absolutely effin’ nailed it. I am not a fan of the balding guy from who we have not seen so much as a chuckle. As far as the Multiverse goes, I have to go with The original trilogy James Jonah Jameson.
RolandD
RolandD - 8/29/2026, 12:24 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - He was awesome in the first trilogy. His hair/makeup was perfect. He looked and acted the part wonderfully. Back in the day when all news about these movies were not as super saturated as they are today, it was probably 10 years before I realized that JK Simmons was playing Jonah. I like the character better when he is also Pete’s employer.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 8/29/2026, 1:33 PM
@RolandD - yeah the direction that they’re taking him in is boring, that’s all there really is to it. Maybe they don’t want to remake the movies, and I get that. Doesn’t mean I have to like it. One of the things that was not wrong with Spider-Man three, was JJJ. That is to say, it’s never a mistake to have super campy. J Jonah Jameson.
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 8/29/2026, 11:37 AM
J.J should have had a cameo in this. Fans go nuts when he pops in screen
Scarilian
Scarilian - 8/29/2026, 11:40 AM
I think Spider-man: BND might be the last Spider-man movie I see in cinemas, it just really destroyed any interest I have in this version of the character. The film was a disaster. It feels like the writers don't understand Spider-man or Peter Parker and the direction they seem to be setting him up for doesn't sit right with me.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/29/2026, 3:01 PM
Zendaya should run the Daily Bugle in the next one
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 8/29/2026, 4:10 PM
Love Foolkiller.

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