The first three pages of the Spider-Man: Brand New Day script published this week have prompted fresh debate about where the film sits in the Marvel timeline \u2014 but the apparent contradiction has a straightforward explanation that matters for viewers planning re-watches. New, annotated screenplay pages show an opening scene set shortly after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, followed by a montage that leaps forward to the story’s main present day.<\/p>\n
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Entertainment Weekly released the annotated opening pages on April 29, giving the public an early look at how director Destin Daniel Cretton<\/strong> and department heads laid out the film. The pages list an initial scene in Peter Parker’s apartment occurring less than a year after the end of No Way Home<\/strong>, while studio publicity materials previously described Brand New Day as taking place roughly four years later.<\/p>\n That gap \u2014 a line in the script placing the opening in mid\u20112025 versus promotional statements suggesting 2028 \u2014 is what set off online discussion. With Tom Holland<\/strong> and Zendaya<\/strong> confirmed to return, fans were trying to reconcile the two timelines and figure out when the movie’s central action actually happens.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The key clue appears near the end of the third page: the screenplay cuts to a montage. That sequence is written to fill in the intervening years between the opening moment and the main narrative.<\/p>\n In practical terms, the film opens shortly after No Way Home, then uses a montage to show what Peter has been doing over the following years \u2014 effectively bringing the audience forward to the mid\u20112028 timeframe referenced in studio descriptions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n<\/ul>\n This structure \u2014 a short, immediate scene followed by a time\u2011spanning montage \u2014 is a common device in blockbuster scripts to establish continuity while skipping over less dramatic years. It explains why a line in the opening page and a studio synopsis can both be accurate without contradicting one another.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For audiences, the sequence clarifies that Brand New Day will touch on the direct aftermath of No Way Home before settling into its own time. That approach allows the film to acknowledge recent events while moving into a new chapter for Peter Parker.<\/p>\n For timeline keepers and fans tracking Phase 6 continuity, the montage is the important narrative tool: it performs the actual temporal jump that places the bulk of the movie in the later, officially stated timeframe.<\/p>\n Those looking to refresh their memory ahead of July can expect a brief reconnect with the immediate post\u2011No Way Home Peter, then a rapid catch\u2011up that leads into the story the trailers have previewed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":43687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"schema_org_data":"{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Destin Daniel Cretton\",\"image\":\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w500\/s8uAUG9egZlRIU0PKNkTkIz9E6g.jpg\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/person\/1144604\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Tom Holland\",\"image\":\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w500\/xKBAaPIa1c7tzZD3Y0MhBLv4hPE.jpg\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/person\/1136406\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Zendaya\",\"image\":\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w500\/uD5a0CsVbR0phlUvHXLlKntAIXS.jpg\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/person\/505710\"]},{\"@type\":\"Movie\",\"name\":\"Spider-Man: Brand New Day\",\"image\":\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w500\/pspkSVP39NGa6G2rvK5KlMjvYUe.jpg\",\"dateCreated\":\"2026-07-29\",\"description\":\"Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. 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What this means for viewers and the MCU<\/h2>\n