Tom Holland’s Homemade Spider-Man Suit Debuts in Glasgow Set Photos
Filming for Spider-Man: Brand New Day officially began in Glasgow on August 1, and the first photos show Tom Holland in his homemade red-and-blue suit.
I’m Sage Matthews, reporting at 2 AM because of course the universe demands another superhero costume reveal. Of course this happened.
The images capture Holland, 29, slipping into the same DIY outfit he sported at the end of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. Unlike the stark red-and-black look from his earlier MCU films and the Iron Spider armor gifted by Tony Stark, this spandex ensemble hews closer to the comic pages and the vintage versions we saw on Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. The raised webbing, oversized spider emblem, and mechanical web-shooter attached to his wrist all scream classic wall-crawler, though they likely come with zero practical benefits beyond photo ops.
Holland teased the suit on Instagram days before cameras rolled, dropping the film’s summer 2026 release date—July 31, to be exact. He captioned the teaser with a breezy “Are you ready?” as if fans haven’t been bracing for spoilers since the multiverse collapsed at the end of No Way Home.
The first-day stills show him filming atop an armored vehicle, mask on and off, flashing a grin and even waving at someone off-frame. Another shot reveals Holland discreetly adjusting his costume after what must have been an awkward wedgie courtesy of some frenetic web-slinging choreography. It is a reminder that even superheroes can’t escape the lowliest of sartorial struggles.
Meanwhile, Glasgow’s streets have been transformed into a makeshift Lower Manhattan. Upturned cars and yellow taxi cabs litter Franklin Street as NYPD cruisers and FDNY ambulances converge around Holland’s Spider-Man, who appears poised to mop up some seriously bad street-level crime. Extras dash past USPS trucks and sidestep burger wrappers, offering a fleeting illusion of life in the Big Apple.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Brand New Day picks up after the events of No Way Home and before the rumored Avengers: Doomsday. Holland returns alongside Zendaya as MJ and Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds. New additions include Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas, as well as MCU heavyweights Jon Bernthal and Mark Ruffalo.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige told Collider that the film will explore Peter Parker’s solo hero journey, trading cataclysmic threats for more grounded, street-level brawls. Feige emphasized that this chapter will show Holland’s Spider-Man operating without the Stark safety net, a scenario we’ve all anticipated since the final scene of No Way Home.
Holland originally announced the title Brand New Day at CinemaCon 2025 while shooting Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey location shoots. He apologized to the crowd for missing the event and quipped that even he reached his spoiler threshold, promising nothing more than “a fresh start.”
In a world already teetering on irony, here comes another big-budget attempt to save us from ourselves with web fluid and witty one-liners. At this point, should we even pretend to be surprised?
Sources: Celebrity Storm and New York Post, Collider
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