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Title of Next Spider-Man Film Revealed: "The Amazing Spider-Man"

Andrew Garfield stars as Spider-Man in Columbia Pictures' "The Amazing Spider-Man." Columbia Pictures

(CBS) More details about the upcoming Spider-Man reboot have been unmasked.

Columbia Pictures confirmed Monday that the title of the film will be..."The Amazing Spider-Man."

The film is being directed by Marc Webb ("500 Days of Summer") and stars Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network") as the new Peter Parker,

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This title is the same as that of the 1960s-era comics, and will further distance the reboot from the previous Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire series of films.

Another distinction from the Raimi-era can be found in the new promotional art for "The Amazing Spider-Man." In the recently-released poster, the titular superhero is depicted with synthetic web-slingers, as opposed to the organic slingers conceived for the Raimi films.

"The Amazing Spider-Man" is currently being filmed in 3-D and will co-star "Easy A" actress Emma Stone as love interest Gwen Stacy. The release date is set for July 3, 2012.

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