Maguire quits Spider-Man role

Actor Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi will not be returning to the Spider-Man franchise next year.

Tue, 12 Jan, 2010 - 07:27

Actor Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi will not be returning to the Spider-Man franchise next year.

Instead, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios announced that a new Spider-Man film based on a script by James Vanderbilt that focuses on Peter Parker in high school would debut in the summer of 2012 with a new cast and filmmaking team.

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