Melbourne:Rumours are abuzz that Twilight star Robert Pattinson could replace Tobey Maguire as the new Spider-Man in the next superhero film.
After three movies of playing the web-slinging superhero, Maguire and the franchise?s director Sam Raimi are leaving.
The movie series will be rebranded and will focus on Spider-Man during his time at high school, when it is released in 2012. Spider-Man 4 was to be released worldwide on May 4, 2011.
Pattinson, 23, is best known for his role as vampire Edward Cullen in the hit movie series,The Daily Telegraph reported.
He has been touted as a contender for the Spider-Man role along with Superbad actor Michael Cera.
Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.
The first installment in the Spider-Man series, the film was directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp, and it starred Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco and Willem Dafoe.
The film began with Peter Parker, a high school student, being bitten by a genetically altered spider.
After misusing his newly-given abilities, which indirectly causes the death of his Uncle Ben, he becomes the heroic Spider-Man.
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