Fans Think New Spider-Man: Brand New Day Poster Confirms MJ's New Boyfriend Is Boomerang — and There's Evidence From the Comics to Back This Up

A caller poster for Spider-Man: Brand New Day has prompted instrumentality speculation that Peter Parker's ex-girlfriend MJ is present dating different super-powered character: Boomerang.

The poster, which is disposable for merchantability via AllPosters, features authoritative artwork of Boomerang — a villain from Spider-Man's rogues assemblage that we cognize volition look successful the upcoming film. Marvel has not officially stated who is playing either character, and his relation successful the movie has not been detailed.

The movie is already stuffed with different antagonists (Tombstone, Scorpion, The Hand, and perchance some The Hulk and whoever Sadie Sink is playing), truthful it makes consciousness that this smaller villain is not the film's existent selling focus. Still, though, fans deliberation there's much going connected than meets the eye.

We cognize for definite that MJ has moved connected from Peter Parker (who she tin nary longer remember) and is present dating an unnamed quality played by Eman Esfandi, champion known arsenic Jedi leader Ezra Bridger successful Disney+ bid Ahsoka. The film's record-breaking archetypal trailer showed Esfandi's quality getting adjacent to Zendaya's MJ astatine a party, overmuch to the dismay of Tom Holland's Peter.

Now, fans judge that Esfandi's partially obscured look tin beryllium seen connected this caller Spider-Man poster — his nose, rima and chin peeking retired from beneath Boomerang's large helmet. While not confirmed, galore person suggested it's a decent capable match.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day poster showing Boomerang (right). Image credit: Marvel/Sony/AllPosters.

"Makes a batch of consciousness that MJ's caller fellow is Tarantula oregon Boomerang alternatively of a genuinely bully guy," wrote 1 fan, TheCommish-17, successful a thread analysing the poster connected reddit. "It'll beryllium easier for her to interruption up with him and get backmost unneurotic with Peter erstwhile they find retired he's a villain."

"Also kinda works with MJ and Ned trying to way Spider-Man," different fan, Nathsu29 added. "Either she could fishy Esfandi's quality is Spider-Man oregon she's people drawn to radical with those benignant of secrets."

Several fans person pointed to the 2018-2021 Amazing Spider-Man comic publication tally wherever Peter Parker and Boomerang extremity up arsenic roommates, with Parker keeping a adjacent oculus connected the latter's activities. The quality would besides beryllium a literal rebound from Peter, making for a fitting name.

"Boomerang has a comic narration with Peter for small portion successful the comics, with the 2 of them being roommates and not knowing each other's concealed identity," wrote Pupulauls9000. "I'd accidental he's Boomerang, the comedic rivalry fits however helium is successful the comics," added TheCommish-17.

While fans expect MJ and Peter to yet reunite, it makes consciousness for their characters to walk clip isolated successful bid to not instantly reverse the affectional ending to their narration successful Spider-Man: No Way Home. Exactly however it each plays retired — and however Boomerang gets progressive — remains to beryllium seen, however.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives successful theaters connected July 31, and past week Tom Holland suggested helium wanted to yet manus disconnected the bid to a caller web slinger — perchance Miles Morales.

Image credit: Marvel/Sony/AllPosters

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