I knew people marveled at the way Christopher Nolan made movies, and it’s clear actors really admire him and want to work with him. What I didn’t realize was the impact his productions have on the other projects his stars work on. That all became very clear to both me and the internet, though, as Tom Holland revealed how he was able to “lay down the law” on "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" after working on "The Odyssey" with Nolan. However, while all this is admirable, it has also led to the internet dunking on Marvel. With both "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" and "The Odyssey" being released in July on the 2026 movie schedule, Tom Holland has made it very clear that Nolan’s film helped improve his upcoming Marvel movie. During an interview with GQ, he revealed that because he was filming "The Odyssey," Marvel had time to hire Destin Daniel Cretton as director and further develop Spider-Man’s next story. He called all this “a tough pill to swallow for Sony”; however, he noted that in hindsight everyone is “grateful that it happened.”