MUMBAI: A related new actor, Andrew Garfield will play Peter Parker in the upcoming Spider-Man. Tobey Maguire played the protagonist in a trilogy that grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office. The Sony Corp unit will release the film in 3D on 3 July.

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Britain, 26-year old Garfield has only one movie to his credit in the UK crime drama Boy A that won for him a Bafta award in 2008.

His upcoming releases include Never Let Me Go and the Facebook movie The Social Network.

Garfield also played small roles in box-office hits as The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus and Lions for Lambs.

Other actors who were reportedly vying for the role include Logan Lerman, Josh Hutcherson, Jamie Bell and Aaron Johnson.