{"id":360469,"date":"2026-03-27T05:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/360469\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T05:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:35:15","slug":"brand-new-day-hints-at-major-redemption-for-the-mcus-most-underrated-villain-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/360469\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand New Day Hints at Major Redemption For the MCU\u2019s Most Underrated Villain Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has its work cut out for it in establishing new villains for its heroes to battle after Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s Doctor Doom will set an impossibly high bar, at least regarding Avengers movies and other big event installments that\u2019ll culminate with ensemble teams. That said, while Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are sure to stew in cosmic, multiversal shenanigans some more, the MCU has been dabbling quite a lot into street-level heroism via Daredevil: Born Again and the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a>, and a clandestine, evil organization in the latter could turn out to be a big MCU villain<\/a> going forward.<\/p>\n

The Hand is About to Be Big For the MCU<\/p>\n

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Fans who watched Netflix\u2019s gritty Marvel shows<\/a> will have had a fairly broad portrait of the Hand painted for them, but it will likely be Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019s responsibility to briefly explain what it is to anyone who is a strict enjoyer of Disney- or Spider-Man-related MCU content and hasn\u2019t had an opportunity to learn about it. For the presently uninitiated, the Hand is an order of mystical ninjas that has had its claws embedded in organized crime in New York City, and that in and of itself is an extraordinarily fun and enigmatic route for any Marvel IP to explore.<\/p>\n

As far as the MCU is concerned, the Hand debuted in the original Daredevil TV show<\/a> and was prominent throughout Netflix\u2019s Marvel outings, including Iron Fist and The Defenders. However, they\u2019re about to become tremendously popular and have a lot of daylight shed on them soon after appearing in what looks like at least two different Spider-Man: Brand New Day scenes.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess as to why Spider-Man is fighting the Hand in Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a>, especially since it\u2019s unlikely that its red-clad ninjas will be the main antagonist force in the movie. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a melting pot of eclectic villain characters already, and yet the Hand is the sorest thumb sticking out of the bunch due to how immense and powerful its order is, as well as how complicated and indulgent it could make the movie\u2019s otherwise humble, \u2018friendly neighborhood\u2019 narrative.<\/p>\n

The most believable theory suggests that Spider-Man could find himself encountering the Hand due to Daredevil and\/or Punisher, who\u2019re intimately connected to the Hand in Marvel comic book source material<\/a>, and that they may be digitally erased from the trailer to avoid prematurely spoiling their involvement in the plot. Either way, Spider-Man catching and shattering a ninja\u2019s sword with organic webbing is exhilarating, and it\u2019ll be fascinating to see how the Hand is woven into the fabric of the story.<\/p>\n

The Hand is Marvel\u2019s Secret Weapon<\/p>\n

\"Spider-Man<\/p>\n

Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019s story<\/a> is already potentially afflicted with the same malady that cursed Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which is that there were too many villains and story beats to juggle. For instance, based on Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019s first trailer, we know Peter Parker will be busy investigating a telepathic character and yearning for Michelle Jones-Watson.<\/p>\n

Peter will also be experiencing a \u201crebirth\u201d that may manifest as a Man-Spider mutation, which he will seek help for from Empire State University professor Dr. Bruce Banner (who\u2019s possibly Peter\u2019s teacher, assuming Peter is wearing a collegiate sweater as an actual enrolled student).<\/p>\n

The Hand wouldn\u2019t be added to Spider-Man: Brand New Day idly, or if it wasn\u2019t going to play a sizable role in the MCU. In fact, reintroducing the Hand in this upcoming summer blockbuster is debatably the smartest tactic Marvel could have devised, as it will ensure that all MCU fans<\/a> are made aware of it and learn all they need to know about it before they appear again elsewhere in the franchise.<\/p>\n

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 31, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 31, 2026<\/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":"The Marvel Cinematic Universe has its work cut out for it in establishing new villains for its heroes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-360469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}