Tom Holland‘s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has made quite the splash at the box office, quickly becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time.As the film completed its first week at the box office with an impressive USD 1.15 billion in its kitty from world-wide ticket sales, certain details about the film are now going viral online. One such highlight that had social media buzzing is the viral videos comparing the film’s action scenes with those from Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man series. Netizens have been taking to social meida to share their surprise over the fight scenes in the blockbuster that appear to be a ‘carbon copy’ of the popular video games.
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ copied from Insomniac Games?
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ vs Insomniac Games videos go viral
The side-by-side clips, which have been going viral across social media platforms, showcase several combat sequences and finishing moves from the film that appear to be live-action remakes of the animations featured in the PlayStation titles. Fans have pointed out the spitting similarities between the two, including the acrobatic takedowns, combat manoeuvres and signature finishing moves, leading some to question whether the movie directly replicated the gameplay frame-for-frame.The comparisons gained further traction after behind-the-scenes images surfaced showing what appeared to be gameplay screenshots being used during production.
Tom Holland on Insomniac Games inspiration
However, the filmmakers have never hidden the fact that the Insomniac games served as a major source of ‘inspiration’ for the movie’s action sequences. Speaking to IGN on the red carpet at the film’s premiere on July 27, Tom Holland revealed that many of Spider-Man’s moves in the film were directly inspired by the video games. Holland said, “A lot of the action, a lot of the finishing moves. I was actually playing the game last night. I couldn’t sleep last night, I was so excited about today. I was trying to figure out what I was gonna do, and I was like, ‘I’ll just throw the game on and have some fun.'”The actor added, “For me, a lot of those finishing moves, a lot of our stuff was influenced by that stuff.”
Destin Daniel Cretton on recreating Insomniac Games scenes in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Director Destin Daniel Cretton also acknowledged that the stunt team frequently turned to the games while developing the film’s action sequences. He explained, “A lot of the action designers and stunt people we had were huge gamers. They were able to experience things in those games that made them excited, and they would just screengrab the moves they really liked and bring them into the writers’ room and show it to me. And then we’d be like, ‘Yeah, that’s sick. Let’s try to figure out how to do that for real.'”The director’s comments suggest that the similarities were an intentional homage rather than an attempt to conceal the source of inspiration.Released on July 31, 2026, ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ sees Tom Holland return as Peter Parker after the events of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, where he lives in a world that no longer remembers that he is Spider-Man.
