Spider-Man just beat the assembled Avengers where it counts — at the box office.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” earned $360 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend, making it the biggest opening of all time. The 2019 superhero extravaganza “Avengers: Endgame” held the previous record of $357 million.
Everyone’s favorite wall-crawler had a little help. The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) co-star in the fourth “Spider-Man” feature starring Tom Holland. Still, the film’s gargantuan take signals something profound.
Superhero fatigue is situational, at best, with the summer’s “Supergirl” revealing that its relevance still matters in extreme cases. Plus, reading the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s last rites may be premature, even if recent titles (“Captain America: Brave New World,” “Thunderbolts”) failed to blow away the competition.
Yet caveats abound, and they’re all worth exploring.
Let’s start with “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The 2021 romp did more than unite three Peter Parkers in one film. It proved a nostalgic smart bomb, revisiting old villains for a near-perfect blend of action, adventure and humanity.
Plus, the film came out as the COVID-19 lockdowns were easing, letting the country enjoy the theatrical experience again. The goodwill generated by those elements proved massive, setting the stage for “Brand New Day.”
After all, the latest Spidey adventure doesn’t have a sizable hook. It doesn’t continue a major plot point from previous MCU films. The villain has been hidden in the marketing rollout, robbing the film of a key selling point.
The MCU didn’t hire a “name” director (think Spielberg, Tarantino or Villeneuve) to tackle the assignment. Destin Daniel Cretton previously helmed “Shang-Chi,” a well-received MCU effort but far from a blockbuster.
There’s something deeper here — a type of attraction that demands the attention of not just superfans or Marvel acolytes. America’s favorite wall-crawler holds special appeal that can’t be relegated to the halls of Comic-Con like some obscure spin-off side character. Spider-Man has been part of Western culture for decades, from the animated TV show with the catchy theme song (“… Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can”) to Saturday-morning cartoons and a late-1970s TV show with Nicholas Hammond.
He’s a science nerd and social outcast, the kid who got bullied in school until a radioactive spider changed, well, everything. He remains relatable and real, even if we can’t swing from skyscraper to skyscraper.
Plus, he’s had the benefit of sublime actors bringing him to life. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield proved to be critical casting choices, while Holland has masterfully allowed his Peter Parker to mature before our eyes.
The new film finds him fighting crime while missing his best bud, Ned (Jacob Batalon), and his girlfriend, MJ (Zendaya). That matters.
The “Spider-Man” films fall under the Sony banner, even while Disney’s MCU recently paired up with the film studio. That means the live-action Spider-verse didn’t follow the woke road that derailed the MCU in recent years.
No forced identity politics or woke plot points. The Sony films proved smart, resourceful and effective. The same can’t be said for MCU clunkers like “The Marvels” and “Eternals.”
The MCU has course-corrected of late, even including some pro-life messaging in last year’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”
The MCU still has a galaxy of minor heroes who could save the day (and crush the box office), but they must be launched wisely. Most people didn’t know what a Deadpool was, but star Ryan Reynolds used his personal touch and plenty of humor to <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/02/17/deadpool-viral-marketing-campaign/?srsltid=AfmBOorzn6DjOSRQkkS7_oTgEF4iEAMZhxtAUCkv5FVQEl41jDfZp8oi">sell the character to the masses.</a>
A decade after its solo film debut, Deadpool is a familiar pop culture staple and a phenomenon that has far exceeded the 2016 film’s modest $58 million budget.
Reynolds &amp; co. also showed fidelity to the source material, telling fans they could trust the stories coming to their local cineplex. Geek Nation is a tiny fragment of the movie-going audience, but its members are the best marketers an MCU film can have when they’re working on your behalf.
Holland himself has played a key role in this MCU success story. The British actor doesn’t say a peep about ICE, voter ID, or other red-hot-button issues. He’s charming in publicity interviews, even keeping a low boil on his marriage to fellow superstar Zendaya, a kind of humility akin to “Brand New Day” — even down to the old-school Spidey suit that goes without the bells and whistles seen in recent MCU adventures.
That goodwill matters. Plus, <a href="https://screenrant.com/spider-man-brand-new-day-hulk-return-success-mark-ruffalo-comment/">Team MCU apparently benched Ruffalo</a> during the “Brand New Day” press tour, knowing the far-Left actor would likely distract from the film with his progressive lectures.
It’ll be much harder to silence the crush of stars assembling for this winter’s “Avengers: Doomsday” feature. The December 18 release is a who’s who of superhero actors, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
If an “Avengers” film can’t pull off Spidey-sized numbers, then the MCU will be better off hyping their best individual characters moving forward. Why spend all that money on a film that can’t outperform a geeky wall crawler?
The X factor that can’t be overlooked? The old saw “a rising tide lifts all boats” still matters. The theatrical model made a stunning comeback this year, with breakout hits like “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” “Project Hail Mary,” “Toy Story 5” and “Obsession.”
Suddenly, going to the movies is cool again, with Gen Z often leading the way. That might be the one superpower the MCU needed most of all.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic, and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. He&#8217;s also the host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hollywood-in-toto-podcast-w-christian-toto/id1186449155">The Hollywood in Toto Podcast</a>. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>.

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Not since “Avengers: Endgame” have theatergoers been this happy. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” just had the biggest opening weekend in box office history, beating out the Avengers finale with $360 million in sales. Audiences <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_brand_new_day">love it</a>, and it’s proving that the age of superhero movies isn’t over; just the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-made-another-modern-woman-hero-heres-how-it-went">stupid ones</a>. 
It’s not hard to see why the movie has been so successful. Despite becoming the third Spider-Man actor in the span of just 15 years, Tom Holland stands on his own, exuding a boyish charm and an innocence without naivete that his predecessors never mastered (all due respect to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield).
“Spider-Man” also manages a few cameos (Black Widow, Hulk) that make the story more dynamic rather than feeling like Marvel product placement. And if you haven’t yet seen Holland’s previous appearances in “Captain America: Civil War,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” you can watch this one anyway without getting lost.
Audiences will reward good storytelling, and “Brand New Day” hits Spider-Man’s sweet spot: sometimes light and funny, sometimes exploring deeper themes of isolation and belonging.
After the death of his aunt, Peter Parker has spent four years crime-fighting alone. In “No Way Home,” his secret identity was revealed, so in order to protect the ones he loves — his girlfriend, MJ, and his best friend, Ned — he asked for Doctor Strange to wipe the entire world’s memory of Peter. Now his only personal connection is to an NYPD detective who chastises him for not even knowing the names of her children. These days, he’s all business. 
But when government facilities start being attacked by a telepath who can jump into people’s minds to control them, danger finds Peter’s friends anyway, and he realizes that his secluded life is hurting more than just himself. 
Every good superhero film needs a compelling villain, and Jean Grey (played by Sadie Sink) delivers. She’s no Green Goblin or Doc Ock, but her powers are terrifying, and her anxieties existential. Producer Amy Pascal suggested that Jean Grey’s character represents much of Gen Z. 
“We picked Jean [Grey] because [director] Destin [Daniel Cretton] came in and said, ‘If you guys want to do a movie that is about the way people feel isolated, even more today than ever, because of our technology and everything else — and not just young people, but everybody, but it has afflicted young people so much — if we can do a movie that is about how reaching out and making a connection to someone is the most important thing that you can do, then I understand how to do this movie,’” she <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/08/spider-man-brand-new-day-amy-pascal-interview-1237016593/">told</a> Deadline.
Peter’s own struggle with hermit-hood ends when MJ (Zendaya) reprimands him for wiping her memory and staying aloof, not giving her the choice to decide for herself whether she wants to be a part of his life. Peter may have good intentions for his solitude, and even though he can boast that he’s fighting crime bosses and mechanical scorpions, he finds that the results of his isolation are the same as they would be for any of us: He loses sight of who he is and what he can offer the world. To quote the Good Book, “It is not good for the man to be alone.”
Near the end of the film, Peter delivers a key line that came from Holland’s ad-libbing. Speaking of a day spent shooting scenes at Aunt May’s grave, director Destin Daniel Cretton <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/08/spider-man-brand-new-day-director-explains-ending-sadie-sink-1237016256/">said</a> Holland “came up to me and said, ‘I’m just going to try some dialogue.’ I said, ‘Great.’ So we mic’d him up, and he squatted down, gave the flowers to Aunt May, and said the lines that ended up in the movie.”
“At the time, I didn’t think much of it,” Cretton continued. “I was just letting him improvise. But as soon as he said, ‘You’d be happy to know that I’ve decided I’m not going to do this alone anymore,’ that statement became the north star of the entire movie. Now it feels obvious that’s where the movie was always headed, but at the time we shot it, we didn’t really have that simple core idea yet. We worked backward from that point and realized, ‘That’s where we’re going.’ To me, that’s the entire movie right there.”
Tom Holland&#8217;s Spider-Man has the peculiar winsomeness needed to experience great personal tragedy and still believe in the goodness and sanctity of life. No more jaded superheroes, please. Our heroes should inspire us, and that&#8217;s exactly what this Spider-Man does.
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Video captured a good Samaritan dressed in a Spider-Man costume rushing across the road to push a struggling man’s wheelchair across the street in busy traffic in Arkansas on Tuesday.
As cars waited for the traffic light, a wheelchair-bound man attempted to slowly cross the intersection. Eventually, he tried thrusting himself forward to move the wheelchair faster. Then, the web-slinger jumped out of a red Jeep and ran to the rescue, pushing the man’s wheelchair across the intersection to safety. 
The 20-year-old hero, Christopher Hellenthal, was coming home from his work at Ultimate Air Trampoline Park in Jonesboro, which held Superhero Day, according to <a href="https://jonesbororightnow.com/news/268862-video-jonesboros-very-own-spider-man-helps-man-cross-busy-intersection/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Jonesboro Right Now</a>. 
“That morning we had a superhero day, and so I brought it for the toddlers, and they had a blast,&#8221; Hellenthal said, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/good-samaritan-spider-man-costume-helps-man-wheelchair-cross-busy-intersection-viral-moment">Fox News</a>. “And I noticed that there was this man, and he was in a wheelchair, and he was having a lot of trouble, he wasn’t going to make it.”
According to Jonesboro Right Now, Hellenthal was “a little bit hesitant at first,” thinking, “Man, I’m wearing this suit, everyone’s gonna think I’m a little dork.”
“But I got out and I went up to him,” he continued. “I said, ‘Don’t worry, I got you.’ And I grabbed a hold of his wheelchair, and I put him somewhere where he’d be safe, out of traffic.”
Afterward, Hellenthal went home to Lake City and took a nap. Later, his mom woke him up to a video shared by the Jonesboro Police Department on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/1346082903745907">Facebook</a>, which quickly went viral.
“Some people say cops are heroes, but even we need a little helping hand,” the post read. “Thank you, sir, for helping this gentleman reach his destination safely. Whether it’s a red light or green light, there is always time to do what’s right!”
Hellenthal said he wears the suit while driving to “get a kick out of people.” Now, the huge Spiderman fan, who wears the costume for all sorts of kid events at the trampoline park, has been interviewed by The New York Times and Good Morning America, as well as other local and national media outlets.  
“This kind of stuff just doesn’t happen,” Hellenthal said. “I’m pretty quiet, I keep to myself, I keep a small group of people around me, and then all of a sudden, I got all sorts of people, and millions of people who know who I am now. It’s just crazy.”
Hellenthal has worked at the Ultimate Air trampoline park for three years, and the business’ assistant manager, Packy Magel, said Hellenthal is a “good kid” and “that’s just like him to help somebody.”

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Superhero films are no longer Hollywood’s coin of the realm. Video game-based films are a safer bet — think the “Super Mario” franchise, “A Minecraft Movie,” and the “Sonic the Hedgehog” saga.
Even “Superman,” the most consequential hero in the comic book canon, didn’t deliver the box office bounty as expected last year.
Yet a certain wall-crawler defies this pop culture trend.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” set to open July 31, just reached the best <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/06/spider-man-brand-new-day-presales-record-1236959396/">first-day presales</a> figures since 2021, according to Deadline. The film’s latest trailer, released June 17, teased fellow superheroes (like the Hulk) and pointed to yet another summer blockbuster.
Spidey crushed the competition with 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which earned nearly $2 billion worldwide. The fourth installment in the series may not make that much money, but it’ll prove we still have a soft spot for Lycra-clad heroes.
Why does Spider-Man endure?
We’ll start with Stan Lee. The Marvel Comics maestro cracked the superhero code in his early days, understanding that flawed, relatable heroes matter more than invincible ones.
Spider-Man’s alter ego, Peter Parker, was a picked-upon teen who pined for the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane, and struggled to make ends meet. His boss barked at him at The Daily Bugle, his schoolmates bullied him, and the world took away his parents at an early age.
A radioactive spider bite changed everything, at least on paper. He was still the sweet, insecure kid deep down. That’s true in both the comics and on the big screen.
Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” (2002) found the web-slinger struggling to woo his beloved Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst), even though he could have spilled his secret and potentially won her over in a super way.
His innate decency wouldn’t allow it. And he knew it also might put her life in jeopardy.
Credit Hollywood’s casting gurus for finding the right Spideys at the right time. Maguire nailed the character’s naive approach and Everyman status. Andrew Garfield, his immediate successor, conveyed a similar sense of unease while slowly growing into his skills over two “Amazing Spider-Man” movies.
Tom Holland effortlessly took the baton, and his aw-shucks shtick from “Captain America: Civil War” gave the film endless highlights. His Spidey even read his frenemies their Miranda rights during that film’s epic battle royale.
Would any other hero approach a fight in that fashion? In a way, Spidey is one of us — uncomfortable with being a hero.
If anything, Spider-Man getting the girl in the recent films could prove problematic. We love him a wee bit more when he’s pining for the girl of his dreams, not swinging from rooftop to rooftop with her by his side.
That’s why the big moment at the end of “No Way Home,” where Doctor Strange causes Zendaya’s MJ to forget all about her beau, sets “Brand New Day” up in a satisfying manner.
It also helps that the “Spider-Man” film series never went woke. Sony technically holds the keys to the webbed character’s cinematic kingdom, but it pairs with Disney’s MCU to bring him to screens.
While Disney movies like “Eternals” and “The Marvels” pushed a progressive agenda, the “Spider-Man” saga focused on the fun. That meant no awkward gender swaps or forced same-sex subplots. Zendaya’s MJ isn’t technically the classic character from the comics and big-screen adaptations. Her nickname was a tip of the cap to the source material.
Her MJ shared a few woke asides in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” her first feature as the character. That’s where it started and ended, and she sounded like too many Gen Z types anyway. No lectures, no clunky messages beyond the hero’s signature wisdom, shared by Uncle Ben: “With great power comes great responsibility.”
Even the animated “Spider-Verse” movies have avoided woke flourishes and maintained their cinematic excellence. The visuals from the first two installments — and a third has been delayed until 2027 — set a very high bar at a time when CGI animation is routinely stunning.
Embracing the Miles Morales arc of the Spidey universe expanded the film’s appeal to a broader audience without detracting from the character’s core traits. So did the recent “Spider-Noir” Prime Video series, giving the web crawler a neo-noir edge.
Credit also goes to the minds behind the recent “Spider-Man” live-action films.
The saga’s newest iteration has felt organic in a way that has eluded both “Star Wars” and the once-mighty MCU. We’re watching Peter Parker grow up, establish his personal boundaries, and realize his full potential.
The aforementioned franchises felt as if they were being assembled on the fly, with no overarching plan. The saga also found a way to shake up the formula without losing audiences.
Consider the loss of Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) in “No Way Home.” Her death allowed Peter Parker to grieve a loved one in powerful ways. Yes, this saga is full of humor and heart, but it’s also achingly human.
Holland recently nominated Owen Cooper, 16, of “Adolescence” fame, to take over as the next Spider-Man. That change is inevitable, given the character’s enduring popularity and Spider-Man’s creative DNA. Peter Parker should be a youthful figure. It’s part of his appeal and distinctive persona.
At 30, Holland is getting a little long in the tooth to be playing a college student — even if he looks young enough to pull it all off.
Either way, Spider-Man isn’t the mightiest Avenger, let alone the toughest superhero. He’s still able to put fannies in seats better than any other costumed crusader.
Long may he swing.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic, and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. He&#8217;s also the host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hollywood-in-toto-podcast-w-christian-toto/id1186449155">The Hollywood in Toto Podcast</a>. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>.

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An actor featured in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney&#8217;s</a> latest Marvel animated series says his &#8220;biggest fear&#8221; about the project was that it would be &#8220;annoying and woke.&#8221;
Voice actor Hudson Thames, who stars in the upcoming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> series “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,” said in a recently published interview with Collider that he was worried that the series would follow the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fans-abandon-marvel-cinematic-universe-over-woke-storylines-and-unfocused-narratives">woke trajectory</a> of so many other recent Disney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">projects</a>. After reviewing the script, he was pleasantly surprised to find that it was “awesome.&#8221;
“My biggest fear was that it was gonna be annoying and woke, and it wasn’t,” Thames <a href="https://collider.com/your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-star-woke-concerns-hudson-thames/">told</a> the outlet. “I was like, ‘Yes, this is great, it’s so well written,’ like, it feels real. I’m the oldest of five boys, so I feel like I kind of know what’s happening in their lives and in high school, and it felt like it was doing that justice.”
Thames also played Peter Parker/<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/spiderman">Spider-Man</a> in the Marvel animated series “What If&#8230;?” in 2021.
This departure from overtly woke storylines comes after several instances of the Marvel Cinematic Universe coming under fire for being too leftist. This resulted in some major box office flops and an overall reputation for being woke.
Disney investor Nelson Peltz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-investor-slams-shift-to-woke-marvel-films">slammed</a> the company for its turn to “woke” themes with its Marvel superhero films. Peltz spoke with The Financial Times in March 2024, mentioning films like the female-led &#8220;The Marvels&#8221; and &#8220;Black Panther.&#8221;
“People go to watch a movie or a show to be entertained,” Peltz told the outlet. “They don’t go to get a message.”
“Why do I have to have a Marvel that’s all women?” he added. “Not that I have anything against women, but why do I have to do that? Why can’t I have Marvels that are both?”
These attributes went beyond just the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. The &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; spinoff series &#8220;The Acolyte&#8221; was also trashed for pushing a leftist agenda, including overt LGBTQ themes, and was rewarded with bad ratings and a cancelation after just one season. The lead actress blamed the cancelation on“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amandla-stenberg-blames-hyper-conservative-bigotry-for-the-acolyte-being-canceled">hyper-conservative</a>” bigots. But it was more likely that the majority of viewers didn&#8217;t want the leftist propaganda.
Could Disney have gotten the message that woke doesn&#8217;t sell? That remains to be seen, but for now it appears that &#8220;Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man&#8221; is at least politically neutral, according to the lead actor.
Showrunner Jeff Trammell previously <a href="https://www.cbr.com/jeff-trammell-defends-your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man/">discussed</a> what fans can expect in the narrative. &#8220;You know, I want to give a cliché, &#8216;expect the unexpected&#8217; answer but, honestly, I think you can expect Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. He&#8217;s hanging around New York; it&#8217;s not a huge intergalactic adventure.&#8221; 
“Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” became available on Disney+ starting January 29.

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Marvel&#8217;s &#8220;Spider-Verse&#8221; sequel has been banned from release in theaters in United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and across the Middle East — reportedly over the inclusion of a &#8220;Protect Trans Kids&#8221; poster seen in the film.
&#8220;Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse&#8221; was previously set to hit theaters in the region on June 22, but those plans are reportedly now off after the highly-anticipated animated super hero film failed to &#8220;pass censorship requirements&#8221; in the area, <a href="https://www.esquireme.com/culture/film-and-tv/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-banned-from-release-in-uae-saudi-arabia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Esquire Middle East</a> reported.
The report noted, that the word comes after speculation across social media prompted calls to in to local exhibitors, namely Vox Cinemas — the leading theatrical firm in the UAE and Saudi Arabia — and were told reportedly that film was not releasing.
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In the region, films particularly geared towards kids — as this one certainly is — must meet certain guidelines that adhere to &#8220;local customs and values,&#8221; the outlet noted.
While there has been yet no official reason for the film being banned, <a href="https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-banned-in-uae-and-saudi-arabia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gay Times</a> noted that it was reportedly because of the pro-Trans kids flag shown on screen in the room of one of the fictional characters Gwen Stacy.
In 2018, &#8220;Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse&#8221; had a successful run in the region throughout that year and early into 2019. However, the film did not include any blatant references to transgender kids or to the LGBTQ+ community.
In 2022, Disney&#8217;s Pixar film &#8220;Lightyear&#8221; faced the same fate, as it was also shelved and didn&#8217;t get released. That film&#8217;s ban was believed to be due to the animated movie&#8217;s inclusion of an LGBTQ love storyline and a kiss between two female characters, one of whom had a lead role in the film.
&#8220;Lightyear&#8221; was banned &#8220;due to its violation of the country&#8217;s media content standards,&#8221; the country&#8217;s media regulator said in a tweet, at the time, while not specifying which standard had been violated, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-pixars-lightyear-banned-in-saudi-arabia-over-same-sex-kiss-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
It&#8217;s not the first time a movie was banned in the Middle East for homosexual content. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lightyear-banned-gulf-saudi-lgbt-1235163872/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> noted that in April, 2022, &#8220;Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness&#8221; was denied a theatrical release due to its inclusion of a gay character.
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for kids&#8217; entertainment content.)
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/did-sony-make-gwen-stacy-trans-in-new-spider-man-film">Did Sony Make Gwen Stacy Trans In New &#8216;Spider-Man&#8217; Film?</a>

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‘Spider-Verse’ Sequel Banned In Saudi Arabia, UAE Over Trans Flag: Report

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Some fans of the new animated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvel-to-unveil-gay-spider-man-in-disney-owned-companys-latest-lgbtq-nod" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sony</a> film &#8220;Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse&#8221; are convinced that the fictional character Gwen Stacy is transgender.
In the sequel to Sony&#8217;s highly successful &#8220;Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse&#8221; (2018), viewers observed that the color palette used in several of Stacy&#8217;s scenes &#8220;appear imbued with the pastel blue, pink and white&#8221; colors of the transgender Pride flag, The <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/05/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-gwen-stacy-trans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink News</a> reported. There is also a &#8220;Protect Trans Kids&#8221; sign on the wall of Stacy&#8217;s bedroom.
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&quot;Protect Trans Kids&quot; ❤️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse</a> <a href="https://t.co/iZnKYLYTOA">pic.twitter.com/iZnKYLYTOA</a>
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A third example comes from a scene where Stacy reveals her secret identity as Spider-Woman to her father, who is a police officer reportedly wearing a &#8220;trans Pride flag badge&#8221; pinned to his uniform. The Pink News reported that many viewers interpreted the scene as a metaphor for coming out. The colors of the transgender Pride flag are also incorporated into the animation.
&#8220;Gwen Stacy is trans,&#8221; one fan wrote. &#8220;Her whole arc is a trans allegory. The colors are the trans flag. But most telling. HER WHITE COP DAD WEARS THE TRANS COLORS ON HIS UNIFORM. NO F***ING COP IS THAT MUCH OF AN ALLY UNLESS THEY HAVE A TRANS FAMILY MEMBER!&#8221;
Another added, &#8220;All the &#8216;you haven&#8217;t read the comics&#8217; people are funny because neither have they. Miles isn&#8217;t the same Miles from the comics, why would Gwen be? Infinite multiverse of possibilities and we can&#8217;t have a trans Gwen? Silly.&#8221;
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Trans (and even cis) fans have every right to say Gwen Stacy is trans, even if the movies never outright confirm it. You can’t deny that it’s been hinted at.
The fact is— if she can make somebody feel represented, who are you to tell them they’re wrong? <a href="https://t.co/5QCuHIbTQR">pic.twitter.com/5QCuHIbTQR</a>
&mdash; The Green Kasey 🎃 (@RawbertBeef) <a href="https://twitter.com/RawbertBeef/status/1665542810815135744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Trans (and even cis) fans have every right to say Gwen Stacy is trans, even if the movies never outright confirm it,&#8221; another social media user wrote. &#8220;You can&#8217;t deny that it&#8217;s been hinted at. The fact is— if she can make somebody feel represented, who are you to tell them they&#8217;re wrong?&#8221;
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Others, however, slammed the idea and said wearing colors of the &#8220;trans community&#8221; doesn&#8217;t make you transgender.
&#8220;So if you wear colors of the quote unquote trans community you&#8217;re automatically trans or a ally to the trans community even though these colors were here before that make that make sense&#8230;and no Spider-Gwen is not Trans,&#8221; one person tweeted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvel-welcome-its-first-openly-trans-actor-spider-paul-bois">Marvel To Welcome Its First &#8216;Openly Trans Actor&#8217; In &#8216;Spider-Man: Far From Home&#8217;</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/spiderman">Spider-Man</a> is coming out of the closet as a lace-garbed, effeminate crime fighter in Marvel Comic’s latest genuflection to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBTQ</a> community.
The Disney-owned company is about to introduce a gay version of the iconic web master, who will appear in the upcoming comic book issue Edge of Spider-Verse #5.  The news was revealed on Twitter by Marvel writer Steve Foxe.
“SURPRISE: I had the huge gay honor of helping to co-create WEB-WEAVER, who’ll make his debut in EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE #5 this September!” Foxe tweeted.
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Marvel introduces its first gay Spider-Man as the latest Edge of Spider-Verse variant.<a href="https://t.co/NBfaib3dpU">https://t.co/NBfaib3dpU</a><a href="https://twitter.com/steve_foxe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@steve_foxe</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kristaferanka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kristaferanka</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DanSlott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanSlott</a> <a href="https://t.co/DCfYWKEETo">pic.twitter.com/DCfYWKEETo</a>
&mdash; CBR (@CBR) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1541811396748492800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In a separate tweet, Foxe assured readers the gay Spider-Man won’t be a proxy for all gays.
“Something I realized immediately when conceiving Web-Weaver is that he can’t–and shouldn’t–represent ALL gay men,” Foxe wrote. “No single character can. His fearlessly femme identity is central to who he is, but it’s not the STORY…which you can experience for yourself in September!”
Fans on Twitter were not all on board for a same-sex Spidey.
&#8220;Dude why do you have to ruin Spider-Man?&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/edulanza_10/status/1542244766213177345?s=20&amp;t=YnxV_ZP6gnT3HTuzgTBlCw">tweeted Eduardo Lanza</a>. &#8220;Stan Lee said not to make him gay, your doing something out of some else idea, changing a few things and calling it original character. Don&#8217;t you brainstorm before this kind of things?&#8221;
&#8220;A gay Spider-Man?&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/mistim/status/1542527025155538945?s=20&amp;t=UIm0E7iyrWKnOlXxb3ONgw">tweeted Misti Morgan</a>. &#8220;The large majority of Americans do not support this lifestyle. And won’t support the body of work you are presenting.&#8221;
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The next unnecessary tokenized Spider-Man character to be announced for the upcoming unnecessary Edge of Spider-Verse is the &quot;first gay Spider-Man&quot; known as &quot;Web-Weaver.&quot; Creator Steve Foxe calls it a &quot;huge GAY honor!&quot; Check out the full clip now LIVE on YouTube! <a href="https://t.co/EPDJrSQ0cu">pic.twitter.com/EPDJrSQ0cu</a>
&mdash; Eric July (@EricDJuly) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricDJuly/status/1542252024577904646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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It’s the latest comic-book hero to be painted as gay. Last year, Marvel rolled out a gay Captain America named Aaron Fischer, who took the baton from the original Captain America, Steve Rogers.
“Marvel Comics is proud to honor Pride Month with the rise of this new LGBTQ+ hero,” the woke company said at the time.
“Aaron is inspired by heroes of the queer community: activists, leaders, and everyday folks pushing for a better life,” writer Joshua Trujillo said at the time. “He stands for the oppressed, and the forgotten. I hope his debut story resonates with readers, and helps inspire the next generation of heroes.”
Parent company Disney, which bought Marvel in 2009 for $4 billion, recently injected the gay agenda into its latest “Toy Story” film, portraying a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-pixars-lightyear-banned-in-saudi-arabia-over-same-sex-kiss-report">same-sex kiss</a> between two animated female characters. The scene has caused the film to be <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/chris-evans-lightyear-same-sex-kiss-b2101549.html">banned in 14 countries</a> and may have contributed to its dismal box-office performance in the U.S.
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Marvel To Unveil Gay Spider-Man In Disney-Owned Company's Latest LGBTQ Nod

Major movie studios censoring or altering content to appease China has been one of the biggest stories in Tinseltown for several years now. A new report, however, reveals that at least one entertainment company wasn’t willing to play that game.
Multiple unnamed sources told the Hollywood trade publication, <a href="https://puck.news/the-chinese-had-one-note-on-spider-man/">Puck</a>, that Sony Pictures refused to make changes to its 2021 blockbuster “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in order to secure a release in the Middle Kingdom.
According to the outlet, &#8220;Chinese regulators&#8221; (China’s National Film Administration answers to the Chinese Communist Party) were bothered by “patriotic” scenes in the movie’s climactic action sequence at the Statue of Liberty. The CCP asked Sony to cut shots that clearly showed Peter Parker and his squad of good guys battling villains on top of Lady Liberty. When the Japanese-owned company rebuffed that request, censors then asked producers to minimize the statue or darken scenes that included it so it would be less noticeable.
Once again, Sony said no. As a result, China banned the film.
Analysts estimate that Sony’s decision to pass up the rich box office potential in the world’s largest movie market likely cost the film between $170 and $340 million.
That said, the web-slinger’s latest outing managed to rake in huge profits even without the help of Chinese audiences. It was the top-grossing movie of 2021 and the third highest-earning movie of all time, just behind “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Avengers Endgame,” earning $800 million domestically.
While “No Way Home” may represent the biggest movie Sony has declined to change to please Xi Jinping, it’s not the only one. The studio famously stood behind director Quentin Tarantino in 2019 when he refused the Chinese government’s request that he make changes to “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the film many critics call his magnum opus. The CCP reportedly did not like the way the historical drama portrayed Bruce Lee, a national hero in China.
While the two-time Oscar winner is known for insisting on final-cut rights in all his contracts to prevent studios from tampering with his work, he told <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/01/quentin-tarantino-oscar-nominations-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-star-trek-bounty-law-tv-series-1202829629/">Deadline</a> Sony “absolutely backed me, 100%.” He revealed that while he would have been willing to make minor changes, “there is a certain line you cannot cross.” That line, he said, included censoring content for political reasons.
“To actually remove an entire scene because the country finds that scene objectionable?” Tarantino asked rhetorically, “No.” Chinese regulators ended up putting the film “on hold” and never later released it to theaters.
Still, even those studios who are notoriously willing to kowtow to China are finding it more difficult to release films in the country. The CCP sent shock waves through Hollywood when it started denying release dates for a number of Marvel films, including “Black Widow,” “Eternals,” and “Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings,” a movie that was, ironically, in many ways specifically tailored to appeal to Chinese audiences.
Now that the CCP is letting fewer Hollywood films into the country, there’s less financial incentive for studios to preemptively shape content to pass muster with Chinese censors, meaning more studios may soon be following Sony’s lead, albeit for different reasons.

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China wanted Sony to cut patriotic scene from “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Sony refused.

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A 22-year-old college student who is known by his alter ego, &#8220;The Pro-Life Spiderman,&#8221; has been arrested after climbing a San Francisco skyscraper to draw attention to the pro-life cause in hopes of raising $1 million. Despite being nabbed by authorities, the young man says he has no regrets.
ABC 7 <a href="https://abc7news.com/man-climbing-salesforce-tower-pro-life-spiderman-maison-des-champs-climber/11815461/">reported</a> that Maison Des Champs was arrested as he reached the top of the tallest building in California, the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, Tuesday afternoon.
Des Champs, who posted videos of his stunt to social media, maintained that it was &#8220;fun&#8221; and he would &#8220;do it again.&#8221;
According to his <a href="https://www.prolifespiderman.com/#/">website</a>, Des Champs&#8217; ultimate goal is to help send an abortionist based in Washington, D.C., to jail for alleged crimes and raise money for pro-life causes.
&#8220;My name is Maison Des Champs. I am a rock climber that has recently started climbing Skyscrapers to end abortion. The goal is to get Dr. Cesare Santangelo put and jail and raise $1,000,000 for pro-life charities,&#8221; his website reads.
In April, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/under-fire-abortionist-in-2012-we-would-not-help-baby-born-alive">reported</a> that Santangelo had come under fire following the discovery of a box of aborted babies allegedly on its way from his abortion clinic to a medical waste facility.
The Daily Wire also noted that pro-life activists believe Dr. Santangelo has been allowing living babies to die in his clinic after botched abortions and that he may be violating the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. The law <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/3">prohibits physicians from performing</a> partial-birth abortions except when the mother’s life is in danger. Santangelo is the <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanOnRecord/status/1511383125221572614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511383125221572614%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wusa9.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fdc%2Fanti-abortion-activists-claim-they-took-115-fetuses-from-outside-a-dc-clinic-lauren-handy-progressive-anti-abortion-uprsing-surgi-clinic%2F65-bd49467d-939c-476b-b3c1-bf6120ec453e">sole</a> abortionist practicing at Washington Surgi Clinic, where the box of aborted babies reportedly came from.
“The moment we opened the large bucket and discovered the body of Christopher X, a beautiful 30+ week baby boy with hair on his head, we knew that he was most likely born alive,” Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) member Terrisa Bukovinac told The Daily Wire, in reference to a baby that PAAU named after they found his remains.
“We’ve long known Santangelo is too cheap to use feticide and the chances of a baby this advanced in gestational age being delivered whole without the use of feticide is extremely high,” Bukovinac also alleged in a statement given to The Daily Wire.
LiveAction, a pro-life group, also recorded Santangelo explaining how he would let babies die if they were accidentally delivered during abortions. His comments can be seen here:
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This is the abortionist currently under fire for the mangled baby bodies recovered right here in DC. Live Action recorded him saying years ago that he would let babies die if they were accidentally delivered during abortions. <a href="https://t.co/Lqb9cOYdwE">pic.twitter.com/Lqb9cOYdwE</a>
&mdash; Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1511445188916531203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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While it is unclear how much money Des Champs has raised, he told ABC 7 that his purpose is not to judge women who pursue abortions.
&#8220;These doctors are literally killing these babies on the table and leaving them out to die,&#8221; Des Champs said. &#8220;We&#8217;re not trying to yell at women who want to have an abortion, we don&#8217;t want to blame them&#8230; we just want to let them know there are other options.&#8221;

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‘Pro-Life Spiderman’ Arrested After Climbing San Francisco Skyscraper In Hopes Of Raising $1 Million For Charity

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Fans of the 2002 “Spider-Man” movie couldn’t help but notice a change in the dialogue. During an airing on Britain’s ITV, one line deemed “homophobic” by critics was altered completely for today’s audience, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/spider-man-fans-respond-to-homophobic-line-cut-from-film/">reported</a>.
This film version featured Tobey Maguire playing Peter Parker. During the controversial scene in question, Maguire insults another character (Bone Saw, played by wrestling legend Randy &#8220;Macho Man&#8221; Savage) during a wrestling match by saying, “That’s a cute outfit. Did your husband give it to you?”
In the edited version, however, Maguire’s line is cut to, “That’s a cute outfit.” 
One perceptive fan documented the change on Twitter, causing an avalanche of both positive and negative reactions. 
“THEY REMOVED PETER PARKER’S HOMOPHOBIA,” the user <a href="https://twitter.com/PaperPlaneTF/status/1517947398936535040">shared</a> in the clip, which as of Monday had close to 650,000 views. 
Many commenters argued that the line no longer made sense since it didn’t even attempt to be funny. They suggested that editors should have changed it to “Did your mom give it to you?” 
Others were confused why the line had to be changed at all. “So many things happen in this world, countless deaths, robberies, and many other things. And what makes people mad is a JOKE in a SPIDER-MAN MOVIE. Learn to take a joke. seriously. And the intent behind it wasn’t even bad, y’all just want something to be mad about,” one person said in <a href="https://twitter.com/WereAliens/status/1518354282919215109">reply</a>. 
“I feel like the ‘that’s a cute outfit’ line doesn’t work without the punchline, and that they’d have been better off just cutting the entire joke, but for the life of me I can’t come up with a justification. It’s not like Bone Saw wouldn’t take offence to just being called ‘cute,’” another person wrote. 
“When the punchline is gay marriage it’s not really a good punchline,” someone else argued.
The “Spider-Man” trilogy has succeeded while so many other superhero films fail thanks in part to their refusal to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spider-man-no-way-home-suggests-movie-fans-are-fed-up-with-woke-propaganda">inject a woke agenda</a>. The latest installment, “No Way Home,” raked in $253 million domestically on opening weekend even as the pandemic limited theater attendance. 
A Breitbart review summed up why they believe the movie was so successful.
“Newsflash: If you make a decent movie that seeks to entertain and move — instead of lecture and shame — we will show up,” journalist John Nolte wrote. “‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ does precisely that. You will not only have a great time at the movies again, but there’s no gay, transsexual, or racial nonsense. This movie is about only one thing: Delivering the goods.”
One of the most popular scenes in the newest film showed the reunion of previous actors to play Spider-Man including Maguire and Andrew Garfield in a classic pointing scene along with “No Way Home” lead Tom Holland.

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Just when you thought “Spider-Man: No Way Home” couldn’t possibly get more popular, Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire decided to recreate the iconic Spider-Man pointing meme and set Twitter ablaze with fan reactions. 
According to <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spider-man-pointing-at-spider-man">Know Your Meme</a>, the original image comes from episode 19b of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon, &#8220;Double Identity.&#8221; A villain in the episode impersonates the hero, which leads to the iconic image of two Spider-Man characters pointing at each other. The meme has gone on to become an internet sensation and hasn’t died down in popularity.
Now the three actors who played Peter Parker are using the meme’s popularity to promote the digital release of “No Way Home.” Sony Pictures celebrated the announcement by posting a photo of Holland, Garfield, and Maguire pointing at each other in a hilarious recreation of the meme.  
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of course, we got THE meme. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpiderManNoWayHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpiderManNoWayHome</a> swings home on Digital March 22 and on 4K UHD &amp; Blu-ray on April 12! 
Pre-order now: <a href="https://t.co/Rythp0WfkU">https://t.co/Rythp0WfkU</a> <a href="https://t.co/pOmV6y3lJr">pic.twitter.com/pOmV6y3lJr</a>
&mdash; Spider-Man Movie (@SpiderManMovie) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1496485006759251970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1496485006759251970">said</a>, “of course, we got THE meme. #SpiderManNoWayHome swings home on Digital March 22 and on 4K UHD &amp; Blu-ray on April 12!”
It was a clever way to promote a blockbuster that’s already raked in tons of cash. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has earned more than $772 million domestically since opening weekend in mid-December. That amount pushes the film in front of James Cameron’s “Avatar” as the third highest-grossing domestic release in history. The only two ahead of “No Way Home” are “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Avengers: Endgame.” 
Globally, the latest “Spider-Man” iteration has earned $1.8 billion and is the highest-grossing Sony release in history, Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/spider-man-no-way-home-digital-blu-ray-release-date-1235188257/">reported</a>.
Some of the most talked about and beloved moments in the film occur when Holland, Maguire, and Garfield team up to defeat the villains together. There’s the time when all three versions of Parker are at the Midtown High lab with MJ and Ned, and Ned calls for &#8220;Peter,&#8221; which makes them point at each other as they try to figure out which person Ned is addressing. It was a subtle yet hilarious nod to the classic meme. There’s another moment during the final battle in the movie.
After the massive success of “No Way Home,” fans are expecting another “Spider-Man” installment and hope it includes all three versions of the character. Garfield said in an interview this year that he’s on board with the suggestion.
“In terms of moving forward with the character, yes I am definitely open to that,” the actor told <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/andrew-garfield-more-spider-man-films-maguire-holland-1235157190/">Variety</a>. “Again it would have to be something very unique, very special and serving to an audience and in service of the character. There’s something playful and unique and odd and unexpected to be done. I’m not sure what is but if we can figure it out it would be so much fun.”
He continued, “I would love to continue working with Tobey [Maguire] and with Tom [Holland]. That kind of three brother dynamic is so juicy.”
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