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Is Spider-Man in at Marvel but actor Andrew Garfield out?

As every comic book fan has now heard, Spider-Man will be joining the universe of Iron Man and Captain America for at least one film, according to聽. The company says that Spider-Man will appear in an unnamed Marvel movie. After another new Spider-Man movie released by Sony, the hero鈥檚 current studio, 鈥渢ogether, [Marvel and Sony] will collaborate on a new creative direction for the web slinger,鈥� Marvel wrote in a press release.

It鈥檚 an announcement that鈥檚 sure to have comic book fans very excited. As we previously reported, Spider-Man is at Sony because Marvel sold the company the rights to the webslinger in the 鈥�90s before Marvel itself became a cinematic powerhouse.

However, in comic book lore, Spider-Man is an important member of the Marvel universe 鈥� he鈥檚 often part of the Avengers, the superhero group that stormed the box office in 2012, and is part of the well-known Civil War plotline, which has superheroes fighting one another. According to , the title of the upcoming third 鈥淐aptain America鈥� film is 鈥淐aptain America: Civil War,鈥� so perhaps that's the Marvel movie in which Spidey will be appearing.

But there is one part of the plan that may not please some fans. According to , actor Andrew Garfield, who starred in the most recent 鈥淪pider-Man鈥� movies 鈥�The Amazing Spider-Man鈥� and 鈥淭he Amazing Spider-Man 2,鈥� will not be returning as the webslinger.

Garfield was already the second actor to take on the role for the big screen. Actor Tobey Maguire starred in the successful movies 鈥淪pider-Man" and 鈥淪pider-Man 2鈥� and the critically maligned 鈥淪pider-Man 3.鈥� Recasting a famous role is dicey at any time, but Marvel seemed to have lucked out with Garfield when he came on board 鈥� the actor drew praise for his own performance and for the on-screen relationship between Spider-Man鈥檚 alter ego Peter Parker and Peter鈥檚 girlfriend Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). 鈥淕arfield, by contrast [to Maguire], is surly and rebellious and twitchy (he reminded me a little of the young Anthony Perkins), and this contrasts smartly with his high school sweetie Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), who is all smiles and wiles,鈥� Monitor film critic Peter Rainer wrote. 鈥淒irector Marc Webb鈥� wisely keeps this duo front and center.鈥� Many other critics agreed, even those who didn鈥檛 like the rest of the film like critic Manohla Dargis, who called Garfield 鈥渁ppealing鈥� Mr. Garfield and Ms. Stone are by far the movie鈥檚 greatest assets.鈥�

So is too much of a risk to hope that Marvel will find yet another actor that will win over audiences as Peter Parker? It may be difficult to do, but comic book fans may be so excited to see Spider-Man alongside his Marvel brethren that they won鈥檛 mind.