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Spider-Man – a new animated movie is swinging into cinemas in 2018.

Sony announced The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller will helm a new animated feature starring the Marvel super hero according to Variety.

Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman made the announcement at CinemaCon saying the film will “co-exist” with the live-action Spiderman universe, but the press release clarifies: “The film will exist independently of the projects in the live-action Spider-Man universe, all of which are continuing.

This follows the Marvel/Sony agreement to have Spidey appear in Marvel Studios films and a co-produced a new Spider-Man film starring a new actor in the role of a teen Peter Parker.

Rothman did not discuss the live action Spidey films.

The animated movie is scheduled for July 20, 2018.

By Editor