The franchise of Spider-man is getting a reboot to focus on Peter Parker’s teenage years as Columbia and Marvel Pictures announced Monday. The as-yet-untitled film — written by James Vanderbilt, who wrote the screenplay to 2007’s serial-killer drama Zodiac — is tentatively set for a summer 2012 release.

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Sony Pictures’ Co-Chairwoman Amy Pascal stated: “Peter Parker as an ordinary young adult grappling with extraordinary powers has always been the foundation that has made this character so timeless and compelling for generations of fans. We’re very excited about the creative possibilities that come from returning to Peter’s roots,”

Besides pushing the clock back to focus on Parker’s origin story, the reboot will bring on board a new cast and new team of filmmakers. The spider-man reboot means the end of stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst’s participation with the franchise as well as director Sam Raimi’s involvement ( The director of the three films).

Sam Raimi quoted: “While we were looking forward to doing a fourth one together, the studio and Marvel have a unique opportunity to take the franchise in a new direction, and I know they will do a terrific job,”

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Sam Raimi, along with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst,  had been signed to do the Spider-Man 4  film until Monday’s announcement. News broke last week that the movie would not meet its expected May 6 release date this year.

The total gross of the three Spider-man film since the release from 2002 to 2007 is $1.11 billion.The most recent installment, Spider-Man 3, broke box-office records for both single opening day and opening weekend, records since broken by The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Dark Knight, respectively.

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