Spider-Man: Model New Day has solid a brand new villain, one whose actor has expertise inside the Spider-Verse. Regardless of Model New Day taking a short hiatus in manufacturing following Tom Holland’s on-set concussion, the film remains to be on monitor to make its July 31, 2026, launch date. With a stacked solid that features Jon Bernthal as The Punisher and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk, Model New Day is trying to be an epic street-level Spider-Man film, and now some key villains are lastly being confirmed.
Deadline reviews that Marvin Jones III has been solid as Alonzo Thompson “Lonnie” Lincoln / Tombstone in Spider-Man: Model New Day. Neither Marvel nor Sony has formally confirmed the casting information. Jones III beforehand voiced Tombstone in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and is anticipated to reprise his position in Past the Spider-Verse, which can open in June 2027, one yr after Model New Day. Jones III is not any stranger to the superhero style, as he beforehand performed Tobias White within the CW collection Black Lightning.
Tombstone’s Historical past and Potential MCU Connections
Tombstone was created by Gerry Conway and Alex Saviuk and first appeared in Internet of Spider-Man #36 again in March 1988. Bullied in his youth for being the one African-American albino in his Harlem neighborhood, Tombstone turned to a lifetime of crime, rising up from a hitman and enforcer to later main his personal gang. Whereas initially not having any superpowers, Tombstone gained superhuman energy and impenetrable pores and skin following publicity to a chemical gasoline.
A reimagined model of Tombstone at the moment seems within the Disney+ animated collection, Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man, the place Lonnie Lincoln (voiced by Eugine Bryd) is a classmate of Peter Parker’s who’s slowly pulled into a lifetime of crime to avoid wasting his brother. Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man started as a extra easy MCU Spider-Man prequel earlier than evolving into its personal distinctive universe that pulls closely from the MCU. Marvin Jones III is at the moment 49, properly past the age of being thought of a peer of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, so it’s protected to say the MCU’s Tombstone can be drastically totally different from his Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man counterpart.
It’s at the moment unclear if Tombstone goes to be the principle villain of Spider-Man: Model New Day, or certainly one of many. Many rumors have pointed to Martin Lee / Mr. Detrimental as the first antagonist, but nobody has been solid within the position but. Notably, the movie may even function the return of Michael Mando as Mac Gargan / Scorpion, whose character obtained right into a gang struggle with Tombstone’s gang in Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man. Tombstone may simply be the brand new large felony mastermind of Model New Day, or part of a better felony conspiracy that pulls in Jon Bernthal’s The Punisher into the battle. With bulletproof pores and skin, Punisher would possibly want one thing stronger to take down Tombstone, which could trace on the tank motion scene that was filmed at the beginning of Model New Day‘s manufacturing.
- Launch Date
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July 31, 2026
- Director
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Destin Daniel Cretton
- Prequel(s)
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Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From House, Spider-Man: No Means House
- Franchise(s)
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Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man