The previous few days have been fairly momentous for followers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s resident wall-crawler. It’s been confirmed that the upcoming Spider-Man: Model New Day is now in manufacturing and, all of the whereas, followers have been handled to a BTS video that includes Tom Holland. (With that, followers have all of the ideas on Holland’s new go well with.) Some massive information additionally dropped, because it was confirmed that Michael Mando would reprise his function as Mac Gargan a.okay.a. Scorpion. Now, Mando is de facto getting me excited because of his affirmation put up.
Though information of Scorpion’s return got here from professional information shops, Michael Mando’s function was not formally confirmed by Marvel Studios or Sony. With that, I actually respect that the actor himself had no downside lending credence to this thrilling flip of occasions. The actor took to Instagram to share a teasy selfie. The black-and-white pic reveals Mando dealing with a mirror, with solely half of his face being seen. What may be seen, nonetheless, is the scorpion tattoo that Gargan famously has on his neck. Take a look at the picture, full with Mando’s A+ caption:
Contemplating the cool tat on his neck, the Elysium alum might have very effectively been on set when he took that picture. We will’t say for certain whether or not or not he was, after all. No matter the place the picture was taken, although, it’s simply nice to see the underrated actor on the brink of reprise his villainous function. For a while now, I’ve been ready for Mac Gargan to actually obtain his time within the solar, and this selfie alone is making that prospect really feel extra actual for me.
It’s been some time since Gargan appeared within the MCU, as he was final seen in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. (That franchise starter of a movie is on the market to stream with a Disney+ subscription.) Mac is featured as a possible purchaser of merchandise offered by Adrian Toomes a.okay.a. The Vulture. Nonetheless, the web-slinger breaks up the deal, resulting in Gargan being facially scarred and brought into custody by the FBI. Gargan, who desires revenge towards the teenager hero, is final seen crossing paths with (the also-arrested) Toomes and unsuccessfully tries to see if he really is aware of Spidey’s true id.
Michael Mando greater than has the depth and charisma to drag off the function of the Scorpion. For me, the proving floor for Mando’s expertise could be Higher Name Saul, by which he performed the function of Ignacio “Nacho” Varga. Mando is the form of actor who can’t solely ship dialogue however can also be expert in terms of physique language. Briefly, he can say a lot by doing so little. In fact, I’d think about that the Scorpion function can be considerably grandiose, probably requiring him to chew a little bit of surroundings – and that excites me.
Scorpion isn’t the one acquainted face from the MCU who’ll be exhibiting up within the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed Model New Day both. Fan-favorite actor Jon Berenthal is returning as Frank Fort – a.okay.a. The Punisher – the function he originated on Marvel TV reveals. An Avenger can also be within the combine, as Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner/Hulk is about to return as effectively. Plot particulars are, unsurprisingly, scarce in the meanwhile. On the very least, although, it’s been mentioned that this can be a street-level story, and it appears it’ll be set earlier than the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.
I don’t need to get too far forward of myself in terms of Michael Mando’s return, because it’s removed from clear simply how massive a task his character will really play within the fourth Spidey movie. Nonetheless, his mere presence and the opportunity of him suiting up with an enormous, mechanical tail are an excessive amount of for me to not get hyped about. Right here’s hoping Mando has an incredible shoot and that he manages to get his justifiable share of display screen time this time round.
Spider-Man: Model New Day is about to swing into theaters on July 31 as a part of the 2026 film schedule.