Spider-Man Reboot Has 'Amazing' Title

Sony Pictures announced today that its new Spider-Man movie - directed by Marc Webb and starring The Social Network's Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and the heroic web-slinger - will be titled "The Amazing Spider-Man". The official moniker is a hat-tip to the title of the 1963 comic book that launched the Marvel superhero.

Sony also released the first official photo of Garfield in his full Spider-Man costume, making clear that - like in the comics (but unlike in the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies) - this version of Peter Parker did indeed invent his web-slingers.

The film, which is now in production and is being shot entirely in 3D, will be released on July 3, 2012.