Spider-Man: Brand New Day ending explained — who does Sadie Sink play, how many post-credits scenes are there, and more on the new Marvel movie

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has finally swung into theaters worldwide — and I bet you've got questions about Tom Holland's latest Marvel movie.

<![CDATA[ <article> <p><a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/spider-man-brand-new-day"><em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em></a> has finally swung into theaters worldwide — and I bet you've got questions about Tom Holland's latest <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/marvel">Marvel</a> movie.</p><p>Haven't seen it yet? Read my <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/spider-man-brand-new-day-review"><em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em> review</a> for a spoiler-light insight into the newly released film. Then, bookmark this page, go and see it, and come back to carry on reading this article, because I'm not kidding when I say <strong>full spoilers immediately follow </strong>for <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em>.</p><p>Of course, if you have watched it, by all means scroll on — it's worth the read, I promise!</p><div style="min-height: 250px;"> <div class="kwizly-quiz kwizly-Xj3mKe"></div> </div> <script src="https://kwizly.com/embed/Xj3mKe.js" async></script><h2 id="does-sadie-sink-play-jean-grey-in-spider-man-brand-new-day">Does Sadie Sink play Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1600px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="izopLYgsw4q6KBQitUzAMZ" name="spider-man-brand-new-day-mystery-character" alt="A hooded individual whose face is shrouded in shadow standing in an apartment in Spider-Man: Brand New Day" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/izopLYgsw4q6KBQitUzAMZ.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1600" height="900" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">There have been myriad rumors about who Sadie Sink is playing in the MCU </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)</span></figcaption></figure><p>Yes. One of the worst-kept secrets in Hollywood is finally confirmed about 70 minutes into <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/spider-man-4"><em>Spider-Man 4</em></a>: Sink is playing the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (<a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/mcu">MCU</a>) version of iconic <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/x-men">X-Men</a> member Jean Grey.</p><p>It's a reveal that's been a long time coming. <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/marvel-reportedly-casts-stranger-things-star-sadie-sink-in-spider-man-4-but-i-dont-want-her-to-tackle-the-roles-shes-rumored-to-play">Sink was first rumored to appear in <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em></a> last March, so we've had to wait 16 months to learn which Marvel character she was actually playing. </p><p>Of course, there's been all manner of speculation about the identity of her character, with everyone from Mayday Parker — aka Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's daughter in the comics — and Typhoid Mary to Firestar and Shathra mentioned as potential candidates. </p><p>Now that we know Sink is playing Grey, she's a shoo-in to appear in Marvel's new X-Men movie (more on this later). Her <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/avengers-secret-wars-will-feature-a-key-character-from-spider-man-brand-new-day-and-its-not-the-marvel-actor-you-might-expect">next outing as Jean Grey is expected to be in<em> Avengers: Secret Wars</em></a>, though, so we'll see her again when that film arrives next December.</p><h2 id="who-is-the-real-villain-in-spider-man-brand-new-day">Who is the real villain in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1600px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="trLEQKLJhRrxwPjULguuZX" name="spider-man-brand-new-day-tramell-tillman" alt="Tramell Tillman's character sitting in an office in Spider-Man: Brand New Day" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/trLEQKLJhRrxwPjULguuZX.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1600" height="900" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">You messed up, Metzger </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)</span></figcaption></figure><p>That'll be William Metzger, aka the head of the Department of Damage Control (DoDC). </p><p>Metzger is played by Tramell Tillman, the <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/spider-man-brand-new-day-casts-severance-star-in-mystery-role-and-another-marvel-hero-could-also-appear-in-the-mcu-film"><em>Severance </em>star signing on to appear in <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em></a> last August. It's unclear when or where he'll appear in the MCU next, but I have my suspicions about his next appearance, which I cover later in this article.</p><p>Anyway, Metzger is revealed to be the <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/marvel-phase-6-hub">Marvel Phase 6</a> flick's actual villain in its third act. Initially positioning himself and the DoDC as an ally of Spider-Man's, we eventually learn that Metzger was the one who kidnapped, experimented on, and ultimately killed Jean's older sister Sarah. A fellow telepath, Sarah was taken to the DoDC's main testing facility on Staten Island, where she was used as a lab rat for the company's investigations into new tech powered by superhuman abilities.</p><p>Of course, as soon as Spidey learns the truth, our friendly neighborhood hero sets out to rescue Jean, whom he naively helped the DoDC to capture earlier in <em>Brand New Day</em>. Little does Peter Parker know, though, that it could've been his last mission...</p><h2 id="does-peter-parker-die-in-spider-man-brand-new-day">Does Peter Parker die in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1600px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="jALDhmkpzu9nCx3Yr4BeSU" name="spider-man-brand-new-day" alt="Spider-Man holding his head in pain in Spider-Man: Brand New Day" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jALDhmkpzu9nCx3Yr4BeSU.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1600" height="900" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">Don't worry, Spidey lives to fight another day </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)</span></figcaption></figure><p>No, but he comes mightily close to losing his life.</p><p>After he infiltrates the DoDC's Staten Island headquarters, Spidey uses his upgraded powers to defeat members of The Hand controlled by an antagonistic Jean — remember, she still thinks Spider-Man is the enemy at this point.</p><p>Eventually, Peter tracks down Jean, who's holding Metzger hostage. Metzger tried to experiment on Jean as he did with Sarah, but the test not only goes awry, it unlocks Jean's full powerset. No longer limited by the 33-foot radius that her telepathic abilities had, Jean utilizes her powers to paralyze a large part of New York's human population, and threatens Peter that she'll hurt them all — including his former girlfriend M.J. and best friend Ned, who are caught in her paralyzing telepathic wave — if he tries to stop her from enacting revenge on Metzger.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1920px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="upwikY8KCrM8uJfiicYc3Q" name="spider-man-brand-new-day-peter-parker-frank-castle" alt="Spider-Man running behind Frank Castle/The Punisher, who's firing a gun, in Spider-Man: Brand New Day" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/upwikY8KCrM8uJfiicYc3Q.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1920" height="1080" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">I wonder if Frank will stop being so reckless from now on... </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)</span></figcaption></figure><p>Being the good guy that he is, Peter manages to talk her down. He does so by allowing the souped-up Jean to enter his mind, where he shows her a very specific memory of Aunt May that helps Jean understand that, despite Sarah's death, she's not alone.</p><p>Happy ending, right? Not exactly. Like Spider-Man, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, sprang into action when Jean used her upgraded powers on New York's residents. Unable to reach DoDC HQ, he heads to a nearby rooftop outside of the impacted zone. There, he uses his marksmanship skills to take a shot at Jean with a heavy-duty sniper rifle.</p><p>Sensing the incoming bullet, Spidey shields Jean from the sniper round and is critically injured by it. As he bleeds out, Jean employs her powers to keep him alive before Frank races him to a nearby hospital to undergo life-saving surgery.</p><p>Some time later, Peter wakes from his coma. After a heart-to-heart — and some light banter — with an apologetic and remorseful Frank, Peter checks himself out of the hospital.</p><p>A crowd of dedicated Spider-Man fans, who've congregated outside the hospital to hold a vigil for his swift recovery, awaits him. Fortunately, Frank stays behind, dons the Spider-Man mask, and waves to the assembled crowd from Spidey's hospital room, allowing a profoundly moved Peter to walk away without anyone knowing he's the real wallcrawler.</p><h2 id="does-jean-grey-make-m-j-and-ned-remember-peter-parker-in-spider-man-4">Does Jean Grey make M.J. and Ned remember Peter Parker in Spider-Man 4?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:2000px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="N7MeChMr2Z3Cu45otKFStD" name="spider-man-brand-new-day-MJ-Ned" alt="M.J. and Ned looking concerned as they watch a TV in Spider-Man: Brand New Day" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N7MeChMr2Z3Cu45otKFStD.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="2000" height="1125" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">M.J. and Ned remember Peter Parker without Jean Grey's help </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)</span></figcaption></figure><p>No — she doesn't need to, because the pair end up finding out that Peter is Spider-Man. </p><p>M.J. learns who he is when she discovers the note Peter had written back in 2021's <em>Spider-Man: No Way Home</em>. Meanwhile, Ned appears to remember Peter when the duo performs their secret handshake in <em>Brand New Day</em>'s final scene. Ultimately, then, Jean's possible intervention wasn't necessary.</p><h2 id="which-marvel-characters-make-a-cameo-in-spider-man-brand-new-day">Which Marvel characters make a cameo in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1600px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="Z9ESaRCXaMcM45AqnqJunD" name="daredevil-born-again-season-2-episode-8-matt-murdock" alt="Matt Murdock wearing an orange prison jumpsuit in Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 8" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z9ESaRCXaMcM45AqnqJunD.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1600" height="900" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">Does Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock appear in Spider-Man 4? </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Marvel Television/Disney+)</span></figcaption></figure><p>We already knew the vast majority of<em> </em><a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/spider-man-brand-new-day-cast-and-character-guide"><em>Spider-Man: Brand Da</em>y's cast</a> heading into the film, but the MCU's latest movie has a couple of surprises up its sleeve.</p><p>For one, Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova makes an unexpected yet scene-stealing cameo. Spider-Man meets her at a New York bathhouse to obtain information about the attack on the DoDC in the film's first act. Later on, she appears once more when the eponymous hero starts to suspect Metzger isn't all that he seems and seeks details on Jean's sister Sarah.</p><p>The other big cameo is Marisa Tomei's Aunt May. Peter's surrogate mom, who died in <em>No Way Home</em>, appears by way of the memory I mentioned earlier in this article.</p><p>"But what about Daredevil?", you might be asking. Given what happened in the <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/disney-plus/daredevil-born-again-season-2-ending-explained">final episode of <em>Daredevil: Born Again</em> season 2</a>, some fans had expected Spidey to come across Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock and join forces to take on The Hand in <em>Spider-Man 4</em>'s prison-set action sequence. Unfortunately, Cox doesn't show up in <em>Brand New Day</em>, so the wait for a <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/daredevil">Daredevil</a> and Spider-Man MCU team-up goes on.</p><h2 id="is-there-an-end-credits-scene-in-spider-man-brand-new-day">Is there an end-credits scene in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:2000px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="XmQMvJwvnoihLcDAKbJ3VD" name="spider-man-brand-new-day" alt="M.J looking scared as she clings to Spider-Man as they swing through New York City in Spider-Man: Brand New Day" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XmQMvJwvnoihLcDAKbJ3VD.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="2000" height="1125" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">Brand New Day's post-credits scene shows Spidey has swung off into the cosmos </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)</span></figcaption></figure><p>Yes. Right at the end of the film's final credits, the Spidey Tracker — an app built by Ned Leeds to, well, track Spider-Man's whereabouts — flashes up on the screen.</p><p>As an automated message that says "Location unknown" starts to play over and over, the app zooms out from planet Earth and eventually pinpoints that the webslinger is somehow in space.</p><p>What does this mean? <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/spider-man-brand-new-days-post-credits-scene-might-not-mean-what-you-think-it-does-heres-my-wild-theory-about-the-new-marvel-movies-final-shot">I have a wild theory that <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</em>'s post-credits scene might not mean what we think it does</a>, but the most likely scenario is that Peter Parker has been transported somewhere due to events that'll go down in <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/avengers-doomsday"><em>Avengers: Doomsday</em></a> or <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/avengers-secret-wars"><em>Avengers: Secret Wars</em></a>. Speaking of which...</p><h2 id="how-does-spider-man-4-set-up-avengers-doomsday-and-or-avengers-secret-wars">How does Spider-Man 4 set up Avengers: Doomsday and/or Avengers: Secret Wars?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:2000px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="4dKXY85asMzkxmPDrVfQUK" name="avengers-doomsday" alt="A giant mural showing Doctor Doom surrounded by all of the heroes who'll appear in Marvel movie Avengers: Doomsday" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4dKXY85asMzkxmPDrVfQUK.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="2000" height="1125" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">Avengers: Doomsday will be released in theaters worldwide on December 18, 2026 </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Marvel Studios/Andy Park)</span></figcaption></figure><p>In short: I don't know.<em> Spider-Man 4</em>'s end credits scene could be related to either of the aforementioned movies, so until <em>Avengers: Doomsday</em> is released this December, your guess is as good as mine.</p><p>That said, at this moment in time, Tom Holland isn't slated to appear in <em>Doomsday</em>, and that film is already packed with enough characters as it is. You can find out who'll appear and more by finding out <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/marvels-avengers-doomsday-hub">everything we know so far about <em>Avengers: Doomsday</em></a>.</p><p>If Holland doesn't show up in <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/avengers-5"><em>Avengers 5</em></a>, he'll be a dead cert to star in its sequel. Marvel and Sony won't miss the opportunity to put one of their most bankable characters in at least one of the next two <a href="https://www.techradar.com/tag/avengers">Avengers</a> movies, so the smart money is on him having a substantial role to play in <em>Avengers 6</em>. For more on that flick, find out <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/avengers-secret-wars-hub">what we know so far about <em>Avengers: Secret Wars</em></a>.</p><h2 id="how-does-spider-man-brand-new-day-set-up-marvel-s-new-x-men-movie">How does Spider-Man: Brand New Day set up Marvel's new X-Men movie?</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1280px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="GLipm9LFHbRihqok2ZLa6" name="X-Men 2000.jpg" alt="A press image showing the X-Men walking towards the screen in their 2000 movie" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GLipm9LFHbRihqok2ZLa6.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1280" height="720" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="caption-text">A new generation of Marvel's popular mutant superteam will join the MCU in due course </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: 20th Century Fox)</span></figcaption></figure><p>It doesn't. With <em>Doomsday</em> and <em>Secret Wars</em> set to be the next two MCU movies to hit theaters, that pair is far more likely to impact the MCU's first mutant-based film.</p><p>Nevertheless, <em>Spider-Man 4</em>'s final minutes do show Jean Grey traveling on a bus to an unknown location. Maybe she's attempting to track down more of her fellow mutants? If she is and she's successful, it's possible that whoever she locates will not only have roles to play in <em>Secret Wars</em>, but also form a prototype version of the X-Men ahead of their actual founding/formation in their first dedicated MCU adventure.</p><p>While we wait for more news on one of the few confirmed post-Multiverse Saga projects, find out <a href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/marvels-x-men-movie-hub">what we know so far about Marvel's new X-Men movie</a>.</p> </article> ]]>