Andrew Garfield, Peter Parker, the new. "Red Riding" star has a leading role in restarting Sony in its "Spider-Man" franchise headed by Marc Webb. Studio will release the film in 3D on July 3, 2012. New iteration, which will depart from the Sam Raimi directed the trilogy, starred Tobey Maguire, will start production in December. James Vanderbilt wrote the script.
As in the previous three films, Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad will produce.
"Although his name may be new to many who know the work of the young actor to understand his extraordinary talents," said Webb Garfield. "He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit and humanity."
Garfield was among the small crop of subjects which are dealt THR month ago as the final candidates. Studios finally revealed his choice for the events in Cancun, Mexico, for international journalists attending the media tour in support of movies Sony Pictures Entertainment.
SPE co-chairman Amy Pascal and Matt Tolmach Columbia Pictures president said that they "floor" of his tests and shots, they saw him in the upcoming film by David Fincher, "Social networks", also in Colombia.
Garfield was caught off guard a few myself. The actor was in Cancun in the event the studio as an actor in "social networking", when he was drafted into the set with Pascal, just before the press conference, said that he would do some web-slinging.
This is a huge benefit to Garfield, 26, a relatively unknown who now inherits the lead in the 2.5 billion movie franchise. Raised and based in the UK, he was in the United States is gaining momentum since its gritty turns into a 3 "Red Riding" films released last year in the UK In addition to his role in "social networking", Garfield has a male role "Never Let Me Go ", Mark Romanek and adaptation Alex Garland novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for that Fox Searchlight release in September.
He also starred in Spike Jonze Prolonged short, "I'm here", which was shown at this year's Sundance.
The new "Spider-Man" movie sites Parker still in school, where he will compete in the knowledge that his uncle died, despite his power to stop it. Maguire, Raimi and the studio decided early in the year to restart the story back in extended fashion.
Maguire was the same age as Garfield now, when he was cast as the hero of Marvel in 2001. The first "Spider-Man" film went on to gross $ 807 million worldwide in 2002.
Repped by CAA, Gordon and the French language in the UK and collective Garfield has also appeared in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," "Lions for Lambs" and "Boy" and won several awards at the British scene.
