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Las películas y series que debes conocer antes de ver “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”

Ese viernes se estrena en cines la nueva película del Hombre Araña, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, y cabe preguntarse, ¿debo estar al tanto de la trama de las películas previas de la saga para entenderla?

La película, protagonizada por Tom Holland, Zendaya, Mark Ruffalo y Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”), entre otros, funciona como un nuevo comienzo de la franquicia, pero ayuda mucho recordar cómo concluyó la historia en la entrega anterior.

La sinopsis oficial de “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” es la siguiente: “Un Peter Parker olvidado vive solo como Spider-Man a tiempo completo hasta que la presión creciente desencadena un cambio peligroso y surge un nuevo enemigo poderoso”.

La verdad es que se trata de una trama algo ambigua. El primer tráiler de la película, lanzado en marzo, reveló que el ADN de Peter Parker (Tom Holland) está mutando, lo que tiene implicaciones con sus poderes arácnidos y es la razón por la que en la historia aparece el Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), pues Peter acude a él con el propósito de que lo ayude a superar este cambio… y, por supuesto, es también la causa por la que Hulk se involucra en la historia.

El “enemigo poderoso” al que alude la sinopsis se refiere quizás al del personaje interpretado por Sadie Sink, cuya identidad se ha mantenido en secreto, lo que significa que debe tratarse de un superhéroe/villano importante de las historietas Marvel. El rumor más extendido entre los fans es que Sink interpreta a Jean Grey, el poderoso personaje de los X-Men. Durante meses se dijo también que la actriz encarnaba a Typhoid Mary, una archienemiga del Hombre Araña en las historietas. Los reportes de prensa también apuntan a que veremos a la mutante Jean Grey en pantalla, lo que marca la primera aparición importante de un integrante de los X-Men en el llamado Universo Cinematográfico Marvel (MCU, por sus siglas en inglés).

A continuación se ofrece una lista de las películas y series en los que figuran personajes que desempeñan un papel en la trama de “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”.

El papel de The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) es secundario en “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”; como un justiciero que ayuda al Hombre Araña. Su más reciente aparición antes de la película es en la película de streaming “The Punisher: One Last Kill”, de este año, que no impactará en la historia de la nueva “Spider-Man”. Lo que sí indica es que esta vez, si aparece un antihéroe tan violento como Punisher, la trama de “Brand New Day” aspira a un mayor realismo, a una Nueva York más compleja.

Se espera un cameo de Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) en “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, según un reporte del sitio web The Wrap. En todo caso, ver la película “Thunderbolts” (2025), en la que la agente Yelena tiene una actuación destacada, sirve para dar contexto a la nueva “Spider-Man”, ya que los Thunderbolts son los nuevos Vengadores. Son el grupo de superhéroes que funciona como el primer bloque de defensa frente a cualquier amenaza contra la Tierra en el momento en que ocurre la acción de “Brand New Day”.

Esta es la película imprescindible que hay que ver antes de “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, pues lo que ocurre en ella es consecuencia del final de “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021).

Esta cinta se inicia con la noticia de que la humanidad descubre que Peter Parker es la identidad secreta del Hombre Araña, luego de que Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) lo revelara en el final de “Spider-Man: Far From Home” (2019). Peter desea proteger a sus seres queridos y le pide a Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) un hechizo que haga que la gente olvide que él es el Hombre Araña.

Pero el conjuro sale mal y ocasiona que villanos de otras realidades alternativas aparezcan en nuestro mundo, sembrando el caos en el multiverso. Es así que Peter (Holland) recibe la ayuda de los dos Hombres Arañas de películas previas, interpretados por Tobey Maguire y Andrew Garfield.

En su secuencia final, Peter y sus amigos consiguen vencer a los villanos y permiten que Doctor Strange consiga revertir el caos en el multiverso, pero con un costo: esta vez la humanidad entera debe olvidar quién es el Hombre Araña, incluyendo a la novia de Peter, M. J. (Zendaya). La película concluye con un superhéroe que debe contemplar, desde cierta distancia, cómo sus seres queridos no lo reconocen, pues no guardan recuerdos de él.

Según reportes, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” se inicia cuatro años después de los acontecimientos vistos en el final de “Spider-Man: No Way Home”.

La primera película de “Spider-Man” con Tom Holland como Peter Parker tiene importancia pues en ella se presenta, como un cameo, a un archienemigo del Hombre Araña en las historietas: Scorpion, interpretado por Michael Mando.

En los avances de la nueva “Spider-Man” se le ve con el traje mecánico dotado con una cola y un aguijón, como los escoprpiones. En “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017), se le ve en una escena en prisión, en la que hace contacto con otros villano, Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton), también conocido como The Vulture.

En los tráilers y carteles de “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” se ve al Hombre Araña combatiendo a un grupo de guerreros ninjas vestidos de rojo. Estos son los integrantes de una secreta organización llamada The Hand (La mano) que usa guerreros ninjas para actividades criminales, aunque también practican la magia (pueden matar a una personaje y luego resucitarla para que sea un sirviente de la organización).

Operan en Japón, pero sus actividades se han extendido a Occidente. Son archienemigos de Matt Murdock, el superhéroe conocido como Daredevil. Aparecieron en televisión por primera vez en la temporada 2 de la serie “Daredevil”, lo que hace pensar si acaso no veremos a Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) hacer un cameo en “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”.

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” se estrena en cines este viernes 31 de julio.

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Trump admin pressures law enforcement groups to support controversial cryptocurrency legislation

(CNN) — The Trump administration in recent weeks has pressured current and former US law enforcement officials to help corral support for a milestone cryptocurrency law that critics say could be exploited by narcotraffickers, terrorists, and other criminal groups, according to multiple people briefed on the matter.The pressure comes as the legislation has faced headwinds in the Senate, including from lawmakers who say it allows President Donald Trump to continue to benefit from his cryptocurrency earnings while in office.The campaign on law enforcement groups is part of a broad push led by White House officials, Republican lawmakers and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to rebut concerns raised about parts of the proposed Clarity Act.The administration and cryptocurrency industry groups say, if passed, the law would bring regulatory certainty to the digital currency industry and ensure the sharing of information about illicit activity with law enforcement. At the urging of Democrats, the White House agreed to new ethics provisions that ban government officials, including Trump, from issuing new digital currency.Some critics, though, are focused on a part of the bill that allows Trump to keep benefiting from his cryptocurrency ventures, including $TRUMP memecoin, which was launched days before he took office. The proposed legislation wouldn’t prohibit those earnings. Those lawmakers also say the bill includes “loopholes” that leave room for Trump to enter new ventures and does not include an enforcement mechanism if he is found to be in violation in the restrictions that are included in the legislation.Supporters of the bill are hopeful it can pass before the Senate recess in August, but Senate leaders have warned about challenges ahead.Trump campaigned on promises to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet,” and since taking office in his second term, his administration has embraced the crypto industry. Trump issued an executive order to reduce regulatory burdens on the industry and to establish a national cryptocurrency reserve. At the Justice Department, Blanche shut down some cryptocurrency criminal investigations and disbanded a group of prosecutors and investigators who focused on cryptocurrency crimes as part of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.Some law enforcement groups, including the National District Attorneys Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police, have warned that the proposed law does not do enough to ensure transparency and accountability among crypto companies. Their public safety concerns have complicated efforts to pass the legislation.Patrick Witt, a Pentagon official and executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, leaned on officials at the FBI and other agencies to try to join the effort in support of the Clarity Act, one US official briefed on the discussions told CNN.The outside agencies who represent current and former law enforcement and wield influence on legislation say they got a full court press. “Everybody in the law enforcement got hammered to support that legislation,” says an official with one law enforcement group who received calls from Trump administration officials and supporters of the bill.Reached on the phone, Witt declined to speak to CNN other than to point to law enforcement groups that have come out in support of the bill. These include the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and National Fraternal Order of Police, according to letters the groups have made public.The White House didn’t immediately return a request for comment.Crypto industry supporters say the legislation is needed because it helps companies better comply with legal requirements and keep criminals from using their platforms.“Nobody can say the bill doesn’t advance law enforcement’s ability to go after illicit activity,” Faryar Shirzad, chief policy officer for Coinbase, a cryptocurrency platform, told CNN in an interview.The critical groups took issue with possible gaps the law could leave in preventing the use of crypto to finance terrorism.“Several provisions throughout the bill will reduce transparency, limit accountability, and create gaps in the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism framework that law enforcement relies upon to identify criminal activity, protect victims, and safeguard national security,” a slate of law enforcement associations said in a joint letter to Blanche last month.Trump’s stance on cryptoThe Trump administration’s embrace of crypto rewards an industry that boosted his election campaign millions of dollars in donations. Trump has since reported making more than $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency ventures in his first year back in office, according to the president’s most recent financial disclosures.Despite bipartisan support in the House, which passed a version of the legislation last year, the proposed bill has run into obstacles in the Senate. As some Democrats have used Trump’s own crypto profits to raise ethical questions about the law, the banking industry has assailed the bill as a giveaway to competitors.At issue are many of the anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations that banks and money service companies have to abide by. The US government has for years used those regulations to try to stop the flow of money to terrorist groups and narcotraffickers.Some cryptocurrency industry companies already register with regulators and follow some of the same rules. But in recent years, during the first Trump administration and the Biden administration, prosecutors have targeted some crypto-industry companies for running afoul of some registration requirements. The lack of regulations specific to the cryptocurrency industry has been a major problem, critics and supporters of the Clarity Act agree. Whether the proposed law goes far enough is another matter.Blanche, who is trying to win votes for his nomination as attorney general, has also spent time briefing outside groups to urge their support and seeking to assuage concerns, according to people involved in the discussions.A Justice Department spokesperson rejected some claims in the critical letter from the law enforcement groups.“The Administration works tirelessly to champion law enforcement through policy, funding, and legislation. The letter from these groups contains factual inaccuracies and mischaracterizes Administration policy,” the Justice spokesperson said. “The bill does not restrict DOJ’s ability to investigate or prosecute criminal activity involving digital assets, including drug trafficking, human smuggling, and terrorism financing.”At a Capitol Hill event this week, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, highlighted the testimony of Americans who said they lost tens of thousands of dollars after investing in Trump cryptocurrency launched before the president’s second inauguration.Blumenthal cited the examples to call for more ethics safeguards in the Clarity Act.Scott Greytak, deputy executive director of Transparency International U.S. echoed Blumenthal and criticized new ethics provisions made to the bill, which ban the president from issuing new cryptocurrency. The provision applies only until the end of Trump’s term.“I’ve never seen ethics language that was cast so clearly only to accommodate a politician, President Trump,” he said.Among other issues, Greytak finds fault with the law’s exemptions for certain so-called decentralized financial transactions, which allow people to trade assets using software that doesn’t go through a third-party such as a bank.“You are legitimizing the ability of criminals to use this medium of value to commit crimes,” he said.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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