In Brand New Day, Aug. 1 -- Brand New Day opened in theaters on July 31, some audience members heard something familiar coming from Peter Parker's new suit. Naomi Watts' voice. For anyone who has seen The Impossible, the J.A. Bayona survival film that gave Tom Holland his career breakthrough at sixteen, the effect is unmistakable. The actress who played his on-screen mother is now the AI living inside his suit.

Homecoming voiced by Jennifer Connelly, E.V. came out of Parker's own engineering, which changes the relationship's texture. Marvel has positioned her as Peter's creation, something he chose to build and chose to name. The decision to cast Watts in the role has not been officially addressed by Marvel or Sony Pictures.

Their first...