Now that Spider-Man: Model New Day is about to start filming quickly and has a spot on the upcoming Marvel films calendar, we’ve been getting extra frequent updates on Tom Holland’s fourth solo function as Peter Parker. The most recent rumor is alleging that three particular villains have been chosen for Model New Day. Whereas I’d definitely welcome seeing this particular trio trigger bother, there’s one specifically I hope finally ends up being legit, because it’s somebody we’ve already spent a while with within the MCU.
This rumor originated from a now-deleted Instagram submit from person Chris Higashi (by way of ComicBookMovie), who claimed that Scorpion, Boomerang and Tombstone had been revealed because the Spider-Man: Model New Day villains on the Disney Blockbuster Shopper Merchandise presentation in Las Vegas. Now scooper MyTimeToShineHello (once more, by way of ComicBookMovie) is saying that Michael Mando is on deck to reprise Mac Gargan, who will develop into Scorpion. Mando, finest identified for enjoying Nacho Varga in Higher Name Saul, first appeared as Gargan in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Evidently all of this needs to be taken as a grain of salt for now, however I sincerely hope that Michael Mando is returning for Spider-Man: Model New Day. His model of Gargan was launched as a prison who wished to purchase from Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes, however Tom Holland’s Spidey interrupted the sale. Gargan was left with some unhealthy facial accidents and despatched to jail, and whereas there, he met up with Toomes and requested if there was any reality to the rumor that he knew Spider-Man’s secret identification.
Toomes lied and mentioned he wasn’t conscious who was beneath the masks, and the Spider-Man: Homecoming finish credit tease of Gargan and his “pals” eager to actual revenge on the Internet-Slinger was by no means adopted up on. Spider-Man: Far From House and Spider-Man: No Method House moved away from road crime in favor of spotlighting villains like Mysterio and the baddies from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man films. We did, nonetheless, get to see an alternate model of the MCU’s Gargan develop into Scorpion within the animated sequence Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man, which could be streamed with a Disney+ subscription.
Contemplating that Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is outwardly off limits for a Spider-Man film, Tombstone works properly as a distinct crime boss villain to make use of, and I can simply see Boomerang being certainly one of his subordinates. Nonetheless, Scorpion is a type of basic members of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery who nonetheless hasn’t been totally tailored on the large display. I’d completely be sport to see Michael Mando in that inexperienced armor and whipping round that cybernetic tail making an attempt to kill the Webbed Surprise.
Since casting data has began trickling in for Spider-Man: Model New Day, maybe we’ll study within the coming weeks if Mando has certainly signed on. For now, Tom Holland’s co-stars on the film, which opens on July 31, 2026, embrace Sadie Sink (who could also be taking part in Peter Parker’s daughter from one other universe) and Liza Colón-Zayas.