Spider-Man also appeared in the trilogy of live-action movies directed by Sam Raimi, starring Tobey Vincent Maguire as a superhero. The first Spider-Man film was released on May 3, 2002; Its sequel spider-man 2 was released on June 30th, 2004, and the next sequel Spider-Man 3 was released on May 4th, 2007. The third sequel was originally scheduled to be released on 20 1 1, but Sony later decided to restart the series with new directors and actors. The restarted version is called "Magic Spider-Man", which was released on July 3, 20 12. Directed by mark webb, Andrew Garfield plays the new Spider-Man.