Spider-Man 4 filming transforms Glasgow into New York City

As production for Spider-Man 4 gets under way, Glasgow city centre has been transformed into New York City.

Filming for the latest instalment in the Marvel franchise will begin on July 31 and continue across the city until August 15.

Production for Spider-Man 4 has transformed Glasgow into New York City. STV News

The movie is set in the Big Apple, with fake construction sites, New York Police Department vehicles, and classic yellow taxis spotted ahead of production in Glasgow.

A city tour bus was also spotted with a new NYC-style wrap.

Filming for the latest instalment in the Marvel franchise will begin on July 31. STV News

Buildings have been adorned with American flags hanging from them, while another had been reimagined as a “American Life Assured” insurance building.

Prop vehicles bearing the name “Blue Oasis” – the project’s code name – were also seen in the city earlier this week.

A building in Glasgow has been transformed into an "American Life Assured" insurance building. — A building in Glasgow has been transformed into an “American Life Assured” insurance building. STV News

The name was said to be a working title for the film in 2024 before the official title of Spider-Man: Brand New Day was confirmed earlier this year.

Tom Holland will return as the web-slinging superhero in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, directed by Shang-Chi and The Legend Of The Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

New York Police Department vehicles in Glasgow STV News

The 28-year-old has played the character in multiple projects across Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, including Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

He will be joined by fiancée Zendaya, who will be reprising her role as love interest MJ.

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Full list of road closures as filming for Spider-Man 4 gets underway in Glasgow

Filming for the latest instalment in the Marvel franchise will begin on July 31 and continue across the city until August 15.

Marvel Studios confirmed in April that Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be released on July 31, 2026.

Ahead of production kicking off, Glasgow City Council confirmed that filming would impact several roads.

The full list of road closures can be found in our previous story.

A city tour bus was also spotted with a new NYC-style wrap. STV News

In the most recent movie, released in 2021, Holland and his fellow alternate Spider-Men, played by Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire in other movies, came into contact due to a multiverse event.

The movie smashed box-office records in its opening weekend and nearly surpassed Marvel’s Avengers movies.