MCU Rumor Roundup: The Hand's New Leader, Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Grey Hulk, Doctor Doom's MCU History

MCU Rumor Roundup: The Hand's New Leader, Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Grey Hulk, Doctor Doom's MCU History

In our latest MCU rumor roundup, we have updates on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, and Avengers: Doomsday, including an exciting trailer update.

By JoshWilding - Jun 05, 2026 08:06 AM EST

With The Hand set to appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day—with a comic-accurate makeover—there's been a lot of speculation about what that means for Daredevil: Born Again Season 3.

The ninja assassins could be what ultimately brings the wall-crawler and the Man Without Fear together on screen, but who is leading them after what we saw play out in The Defenders? Well, if a new rumour from @MyTimeToShineH is to be believed, The Hand's new leader will be revealed when Daredevil: Born Again returns to Disney+ next year. 

According to the leaker, The Hand will be in Season 3, led by Elodie Yung's Elektra. This lines up with the comics, where Daredevil's old flame has frequently tried to use the assassins for good. 

We can only speculate about how they'll factor in Daredevil: Born Again, but Elektra using them to break Matt Murdock out of prison would definitely make sense. Plus, if Marvel Television is heading down the Shadowland route, this could be the beginning of that. 

Over to @Cryptic4KQual, and the trusted leaker has shared some exciting Spider-Man: Brand New Day updates. Apparently, Peter Parker is struggling to control his new organic webbing, and he's using it in that scene in the trailer where he shatters a Hand ninja's sword. 

Despite what we've seen from toys and promo posters, Grey Hulk is set to appear in the movie and may be revealed in the next trailer. Looking beyond this adventure, it sounds like the Black Suit and Norman Osborn are both in Spidey's MCU future.

Finally, we have some Avengers: Doomsday tidbits. Doctor Doom does have a history with Mister Fantastic, and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch is "involved" in the movie. That trailer can't come soon enough, and talking of sneak peeks, we go back to Spider-Man: Brand New Day...

Following the record-breaking success of Spider-Man: No Way HomeSpider-Man: Brand New Day begins a brand new chapter for Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult and living alone after erasing himself and the memories of him from those he loves.

In a New York that no longer knows his name, he has devoted himself wholeheartedly to protecting his city as Spider-Man full-time. But as the demands on him grow, he is put under increasing pressure. This triggers an unexpected physical change that threatens his existence, while a strange wave of crime emerges - and gives rise to one of the most dangerous threats he has ever faced.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day's cast includes Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando, and Mark Ruffalo. 

The movie is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers. The film is produced by Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Rachel O'Connor.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31, 2026.

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OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 8:21 AM
The second Spider-Man Brand New Day trailer is expected to release on June 17.


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Bucky74
Bucky74 - 6/5/2026, 9:23 AM
@OneMoreTime - That’s my Birthday!
OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 9:51 AM
@Bucky74 - Happy Birthday hope your day is Great.
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 6/5/2026, 10:04 AM
@OneMoreTime - Thanks my friend! It’s in the 17th when the next Spidey trailer is expected to drop.
OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 11:32 AM
@Bucky74 - Happy Birthday

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Bucky74
Bucky74 - 6/5/2026, 12:08 PM
@OneMoreTime - It’s June 17th. Thank you so very much, my friend.
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 6/5/2026, 8:29 AM
another spidey article.

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OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 8:38 AM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - Marvel Studios Spider-Man: Brand New Day, 2 trailers, commercials, Special, Rotten Tomatoes Score and Box Office Opening and tracking until finish.

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WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 6/5/2026, 10:05 AM
@OneMoreTime - "we're just getting started"

That's what I told your mom last night.

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OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 10:13 AM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - My Mother..........

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WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 6/5/2026, 10:37 AM
@OneMoreTime -
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OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 10:49 AM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - My Mother was Cremated Ashes are Gone. Have fun Good Luck.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/5/2026, 8:41 AM
The trailer is coming out with toy story. No shit! Great job didn't even need you
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 6/5/2026, 9:25 AM
@bobevanz - Tot Story will break a billion. They will definitely have a new trailer attached to that
OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 8:47 AM
AND!

Despite what we've Seen from Toys and Promo Posters, Grey Hulk is set to Appear in the movie and may be Revealed in the next trailer.

Only People that Hate the Hulk wants see the Grey Hulk. Who is the Weakest Hulk. Weaker than then Smart Hulk.


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dragon316
dragon316 - 6/5/2026, 9:01 AM
@OneMoreTime - you said it better than well put in hulk fan I hate grey hulk grey hulk is smart and talks but he’s weak I don’t have a lot of hulk comics to know that green will always be better choice for hulk if people angry hulk back
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 6/5/2026, 9:26 AM
@OneMoreTime - I like my Hulks big, mean, and GREEN
OneMoreTime
OneMoreTime - 6/5/2026, 9:31 AM
@Bucky74 - There is Reason they been calling him the Savage Hulk.

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LeBronStan
LeBronStan - 6/5/2026, 9:36 AM
@OneMoreTime - For me personally, the problem with the "Smart Hulk" of the MCU is that he's not Hulk, he's just Bruce in a Hulk body. In the comics Professor Hulk is an amalgamation of Bruce and Hulk not just in terms of brain and brawn, but personality as well.

He has a certain edge that Bruce doesn't, while still having the intellect. The MCU not only just make Mark Ruffalo's Bruce the Hulk, they also dumbed down Bruce Banner post Age of Ultron to make him more comedic for no reason.
LogansRazor
LogansRazor - 6/5/2026, 10:34 AM
@LeBronStan - well said. Some of my favorite Hulk runs and art are the "smart hulk" comics from the 90s
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 6/5/2026, 11:17 AM
@OneMoreTime - they'll only have grey Hulk in the movie so they can repaint prior toys and sell them.
Repian
Repian - 6/5/2026, 8:49 AM
Now that The Hand is back, it would be great if they adapted the Enemy of the State storyline.

Spider-Man, Daredevil, Punisher, and more. Plus, The Hand, the Gorgon, and Wolverine's MCU debut.
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/5/2026, 8:54 AM
@Repian - I feel like Enemy of the State wouldn’t be a good debut storyline for MCU Wolverine but I wouldn’t mind it being adapted down the line.

However I guess you could use the thread of Wolverine being a mind controlled assassin as a good way to to introduce him but might be too similar to Winter Soldier
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/5/2026, 9:21 AM
@Repian -

Great thought. I will wish for this extra hard.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/5/2026, 9:55 AM
@Repian - who would be your fancast for Wolverine

For me as of now , it’s Jack O Connell.

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WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 6/5/2026, 10:02 AM
@Repian - I would love to see these pages come to life in a movie.
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Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 6/5/2026, 9:09 AM
I like Grey Hulk. Mostly because I remember his fight with Wolverine in the brown suit being so epic.
LSHF
LSHF - 6/5/2026, 9:23 AM
My older brother had the first Hulk issue, I remember reading it a few times (I'm old), I've read several times how the "grey" color came about, and I am 100% confused as to why there would be any serious desire for Marvel to spend one red cent on making him grey for the silver screen.
LenSpiderman
LenSpiderman - 6/5/2026, 9:44 AM
@LSHF - I’ve long hoped that Jackman will stay on as Wolverine only to be the bartender at the princess bar, and be the framing/narrator of a Wolverine anthology series that uses different actors to play Wolverine during different storylines told in flashback. In my ideal world. Hulk is in his Joe Fixit form as the bouncer for the bar as a retirement gig. Him being grey there because he’s aging would be all the explanation I’d need, in addition to the fact that he’d be Joe Fixit, who was canonically grey. Of course this would mean the end of hulk participating in other meaningful ways in the MCU for a while, at least until he became maestro or they did a proper old man Wolverine, but the pinnacle of this show would have to be the telling of the original hulk vs Wolverine battle. So there would be that.
LSHF
LSHF - 6/5/2026, 12:31 PM
@LenSpiderman - Was not expecting that reply, but I enjoyed it.
"Old Man Hulk"!
soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/5/2026, 9:25 AM
Looking beyond this adventure, it sounds like the Black Suit and Norman Osborn are both in Spidey's MCU future.
Yaaaaay, more of the same shit we’ve already seen several times on film.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/5/2026, 9:37 AM
If true then the second BND trailer coming on the 17th does make sense given Toy Story 5 comes out on the 19th so it’ll likely be attached to that…

Also bring in Colman Domingo as MCU Norman Osborn since he’s already playing him in an adjacent universe in YFNSM!!.

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LenSpiderman
LenSpiderman - 6/5/2026, 9:46 AM
With Destin Daniel Cretin at the helm here, I can’t help but hope for The Hand vs the new Ten Rings, except that it seems like both are forces for good now?
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 6/5/2026, 10:11 AM
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WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 6/5/2026, 10:19 AM
Peter David is a legend. One of the all time greats in the comic book industry. His run on the Hulk was just as important to the Hulk as Chris Claremont was to the X-Men.
When he brought back the grey Hulk, that's when I started to read the Hulk. Great stories. Hulk became something more than just saying two word sentences. "HULK SMASH"
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 6/5/2026, 11:41 AM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - Peter David for the win!
cjspade
cjspade - 6/5/2026, 10:25 AM
Please make the organic webbing only temporary. Too much opportunity to leave them as web shooters from situation like running out mid battle, to adjusting for specific adversaries, showing his iq and ingenuity etc. he can go back to organ when he gets the symbiotie
Gnostic
Gnostic - 6/5/2026, 10:32 PM
“Over to @Cryptic4KQual, and the trusted leaker has shared some exciting Spider-Man: Brand New Day updates. Apparently, Peter Parker is struggling to control his new organic webbing, and he's using it in that scene in the trailer where he shatters a Hand ninja's sword.”

We already knew this from the trailer.

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