As Marvel Studios continues to unfold its current phase, a lot of attention is being paid to the three upcoming Marvel movies on the slate for 2025. With good reason. In July, Marvel will introduce their official take on The Fantastic Four, and Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson is about to take up the shield, and take on a Red Hulk. But while the MCU Multiverse expands, Marvel fans need to also pay close attention to the ongoing Disney+ series in 2025, because there are other corners of the universe that are developing. Mainly, the area that fans are referring to as the “Street Level MCU” is taking a huge step forward with the March release of Daredevil: Born Again. And as I watch the first official trailer for the upcoming show, all I can think is, “This is exactly where I need and want to see Tom Holland’s Spider-Man moving forward.”
First, let’s watch the Daredevil: Born Again trailer, and then dig into why I love what’s happening here, and how Spider-Man can (and should) fit in.
I can’t fully explain it, but watching this first official footage from the upcoming Marvel TV series Daredevil: Born Again, it felt like I was flipping the weathered pages of a comic during a Frank Miller run of the Daredevil series. The blind hero of Hell’s Kitchen has always been a thorn in the side of Wilson Fisk (played beautifully, for years now, by Vincent D’Onofrio). And the trailer for Born Again populates this series with familiar faces from the Daredevil world, notably Foggy, Karen, Bullseye, and The Punisher.
But do you know who else frequently swung by to investigate, whenever The Kingpin, Bullseye, and The Punisher were blowing up swaths of New York City, mainly because they choose to protect Manhattan the same way that Daredevil (Charlie Cox) does?
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
In the lead up to the confirmation that Tom Holland would be returning to the Spider-Man role for an announced Spider-Man 4, there was a significant amount of debate online about the type of movie that sequel needed to be. Would it be another Multiverse movie that helped to set up either Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars? Would it be some type of team-up film, the way all three MCU Spidey movies have been?
But watching this Daredevil trailer, it makes me realize what a natural fit Spider-Man would be in this ongoing narrative. Because the Mayor Fisk storyline – which finds The Kingpin running for New York’s highest office – should not be limited to one season of a Disney+ show. The ramifications of Kingpin’s reign needs to be felt for years to come in the MCU. And so pitting Spider-Man against the Kingpin (and possibly Elektra or Typhoid Mary) in the 2026 release of Spider-Man 4 would build on the events of Daredevil: Born Again, and make these “Street Level” stories more meaningful. They could also find ways to include heroes we thought we might not see for some time, including Moon Knight (Oscar Isaac), Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), or Kamala Khan (Iman Velani).
Make sure your Disney+ subscription is up to date, because episodes of Daredevil: Born Again start arriving on the streaming service on March 4. And I swear to you, if Tom Holland’s Peter Parker pops up in an episode, you will hear me screaming from wherever you might be watching.
