{"id":546822,"date":"2026-07-13T04:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/546822\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T04:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:09:19","slug":"is-a-black-widow-character-returning-for-spider-man-brand-new-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/546822\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a ‘Black Widow’ Character Returning for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvel Studios usually guards its cameos very closely, yet every so often the biggest hints come straight from the top. Tom Holland famously couldn’t be trusted with a script. Mark Ruffalo once live-streamed an entire premiere from his pocket. Now, a weekend appearance overseas by the studio’s president has fans fairly convinced that one of the MCU’s most popular newer heroes<\/a> is about to turn up somewhere unexpected.<\/p>\n

At Bilibili World 2026 in Shanghai on Saturday, July 11, Kevin Feige<\/a> discussed Yelena Belova’s (Florence Pugh) role in Avengers: Doomsday, which is set for December 18, 2026, release. His comments quickly invited intense speculation. “If you’re a fan of Yelena, wait until Avengers: Doomsday. Yelena plays a big part in that,” Feige said (via Entertainment Weekly<\/a>).<\/p>\n

“But if you don’t want to wait until then, you might see Yelena a little bit sooner in the movies.”<\/p>\n

With Spider-Man: Brand New Day currently scheduled for July 31, 2026, and standing as the next MCU theatrical release before Doomsday, the obvious read is that Marvel may be teasing a her appearance there rather than announcing it outright. Pugh has arguably become Marvel’s most successful post-Endgame addition, and the studio seems well aware of it.<\/p>\n

What Yelena’s Appearance Would Mean For ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’<\/p>\n

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Yelena debuted in 2021’s Black Widow as Natasha Romanoff’s adoptive sister before returning in Hawkeye and then leading 2025’s Thunderbolts*, which ended with her team rebranded as the New Avengers. With that squad set to play a central role in Avengers: Doomsday, giving Yelena a spotlight in 2026’s biggest guaranteed blockbuster is an efficient way to keep her front and center.<\/p>\n

Brand New Day’s roster is also admittedly getting crowded. Zendaya’s MJ and Jacob Batalon’s Ned are returning, while Sadie Sink, Tramell Tillman, Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas, Eman Esfandi, and Marvin Jones III round out the cast. Sink remains at the center of long-running Jean Grey<\/a> rumors, and the talk of The Hand has kept Daredevil speculation<\/a> alive as well.<\/p>\n

Feige appeared to confirm in Shanghai that Marvel\u2019s proper X-Men reboot<\/a> will arrive after Avengers: Secret Wars, and that may be one of the more revealing long-term signals to come out of the event. Marvel’s official site lists Secret Wars for December 17, 2027, and Feige has previously described that film as a turning point for the MCU rather than just another crossover, including comments that it will “reset” the universe in some form and open the door to what comes next.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 31, 2026<\/p>\n

Runtime<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t150 Minutes<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDestin Daniel Cretton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marvel Studios usually guards its cameos very closely, yet every so often the biggest hints come straight from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-546822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}