2024 has been a defining year for Marvel. Not because of a single film, but because of a convergence. Across live-action and animation, Sony and Marvel Studios are weaving a web that ties directly into Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. The thread connecting everything? Spider-Man. Three of them, to be exact.
Brand New Day
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the 38th film in the MCU and the fourth in the franchise. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, the film sees Tom Holland return as Peter Parker. After the multiversal spell erased everyone's memory of him, Parker now protects New York City completely alone.
The supporting cast includes Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando, and Mark Ruffalo. The plot follows Parker investigating a powerful new threat while his powers undergo a dangerous evolution.
Beyond the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse closes the animated trilogy. Directed by Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson, written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and David Callaham, the film picks up after Across the Spider-Verse's cliffhanger. Miles Morales is trapped in an alternate universe — Earth-42.
The voice cast is staggering: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Karan Soni, John Mulaney, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, and Oscar Isaac.
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Peter Parker
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MJ
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Ned Leeds
Shameik Moore
Miles Morales
Hailee Steinfeld
Gwen Stacy
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Jharrel Jerome
Prowler
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The Secret Wars Rumour: Three Spider-Men Forced to Fight
According to a November 2024 report from @MyTimeToShineH and covered by Comic Book Movie, the Russo Brothers are planning something unprecedented for Avengers: Secret Wars. The three live-action Spider-Men — Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield — will be forced to face off against each other.
The source commented on a GIF of the three web-slingers by saying: "They'll be forced to face off against each other in Secret Wars." This suggests the film may lean closer to the 1980s Secret Wars storyline — where The Beyonder forces heroes and villains to fight — rather than a direct adaptation of the 2015 Hickman run.
Currently, the consensus among insiders is that Doomsday will pit Earth-616's Mightiest Heroes against Doctor Doom, while Secret Wars becomes a Battleworld-centric sequel featuring a roster of multiversal characters. Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man is rumored to have a major role in Secret Wars, with Tom Holland's Parker positioned as Doomsday's lead.
What This Means for the Convergence
The Spider-Verse is no longer separate from the MCU. No Way Home broke the seal. Across the Spider-Verse name-dropped the MCU's events. Now Brand New Day and Beyond the Spider-Verse are releasing in the same window, leading directly into Doomsday (May 2026) and Secret Wars (May 2027).
Destin Daniel Cretton moving from Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to Spider-Man 4 is not a demotion. It is a signal. Cretton is now the keeper of the MCU's Spider-Man narrative — which will directly feed into the Russo Brothers' two-part finale. Tom Holland's Peter Parker, lonely and evolving, is being set up as the emotional heart of Doomsday.
Convergence Theory #1: Miles Morales crosses into live-action
With Beyond the Spider-Verse ending Miles' animated journey, a live-action appearance in Secret Wars feels inevitable. Shameik Moore has expressed interest. The multiverse is collapsing. Why wouldn't Miles be there?
Convergence Theory #2: The Spider-Men vs. Doom
If the three Spider-Men are forced to fight each other in Secret Wars, the real enemy is not one of them. It is Doom manipulating the battlefield. The emotional weight of Holland, Maguire, and Garfield turning on each other — only to unite against Doom — writes itself.
Convergence Theory #3: Brand New Day's villain is a Doom proxy
Michael Mando's Mac Gargan (Scorpion) and Jon Bernthal's Punisher point to a street-level war. But what if the "powerful new threat" and Peter's "evolving powers" are connected to the same multiversal instability that Doom is exploiting?
Joe Russo recently told GamesRadar: "Why would we come back if we didn't feel like we had a story that had that possibility of being on an equal footing with Infinity War and Endgame?" The answer may be Spider-Man. Three of them. Forced to fight. Forced to lose. And forced to rebuild the multiverse together.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day releases in 2025. Beyond the Spider-Verse follows. Then Avengers: Doomsday (May 2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (May 2027). The web is closing.