Spider-Man: Brand New Day is breaking box office records, and all eyes are now on just how high Tom Holland's web-slinger can go. Whatever happens in the weeks ahead, we know the blockbuster will top $2 billion and become one of the highest-grossing movies ever released.
Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton has previously confirmed that there were shorter and longer cuts of the movie, and fans are understandably eager to see which deleted scenes make it onto the eventual Digital and 4K Blu-ray releases.
Rosario Dawson's Claire Temple was cut—details on that scene can be found here—and some newly shared photos reveal that a confrontation between The Punisher and the cops was also absent from the final cut.
Military advisor Colton Hill shared some behind-the-scenes photos from his time working on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, including a scrapped cameo featuring his police officer confronting Frank Castle. It looks like this scene was going to play out in the hospital, and it may have answered a big question fans have had: why did hospital staff allow a wanted fugitive to hang out with Spidey in his hospital room?
During a recent interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Punisher actor Jon Bernthal shared his thoughts on where he'd like to see Frank go in the wake of his team-up with Peter Parker.
"I want to see how Frank can serve. I want to see how Frank can honour the dead, how Frank can honour the people that he lost by serving, not just by avenging," he shared. "I think that we get there with Frank in some lines of the comic, and I want to get there. I want to get there on screen with him. I also want to continue to have the courage and the willingness to turn my back on the audience as Frank does."
"There's nothing about Frank Castle that he's trying to be likeable. There's nothing about Frank where he's trying to win over your hearts and minds," Bernthal continued. "And so, as much as I would like to explore Frank Castle that serves the community and that fights for justice, I also want to be completely willing and open to turning my back on the audience and going the other way with it too."
You can see some screenshots of the aforementioned cut scene from Spider-Man: Brand New Day in the Instagram gallery below.
In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it's a Brand New Day for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter he may not have the power to control.
But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see. The world may have forgotten Peter Parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them.
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. Executive producers include Louis D'Esposito and David Cain.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now playing in theaters.