No, Jackie Chan’s Stunt Team Isn’t on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Says Destin Daniel Cretton

After weeks of speculation about who designed the bruising ninja showdowns in Spider- Man: Brand New Day , director Destin Daniel Cretton says the answer isn’t the internet’s favorite rumor. Speaking to TheWrap, Cretton clarified that Jackie Chan’s famed stunt team did not work on the film. Chan did stop by set, but the movie ’s hard-hitting action — including those Hand-versus-Spidey alley brawls — was led by action designer Peng Zhang.

Cretton credited Zhang with bringing a Hong Kong flavor to the choreography: grounded, practical, and built around real performers with wire assists rather than heavy CGI. Zhang trained under the late Brad Allan — a key architect of Chan’s stunt legacy — whose influence looms large here, just as it did when Allan served as second unit director on Cretton’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

The confusion kicked up after Chan told Hong Kong outlet HK01 that his team was busy filming “Spider-Man” and that he served as their action director, which many took to mean direct involvement in Brand New Day. Cretton’s clarification pins authorship of the film’s standout fights squarely on Zhang and his crew.

• Peng Zhang — fight and action design on Brand New Day
• Brad Allan — mentor to Zhang; second unit director on Shang-Chi
• The Hand — center of the movie’s most brutal, close-quarters set pieces
• Style — practical stunt work with wire assists, minimal CGI

What’s next for Peter Parker

With the stunt-team debate settled, attention turns to where Tom Holland ’s Peter Parker shows up next in the MCU. Current reports indicate he isn’t on the confirmed cast list for Avengers: Doomsday, leaving fans to connect the dots from Brand New Day’s post-credits stinger.

That tag has Ned’s Spider-Tracker pinging past Queens, then Earth, before zeroing in on a “location found” somewhere in deep space — capped with a simple promise on screen: “Spider-Man will return.” Analysts have tied the imagery to the multiverse’s Battleworld concept, which could pull Peter into another dimension, keeping him out of Doomsday and positioning him for the big crossover to come.

Avengers: Secret Wars is slated for December 2027 .

Rumors of a surprise Parker cameo haven’t gone away, but for now the prevailing expectation is that his next major appearance lands in Secret Wars, currently dated for December 2027.