( CNN ) So , Sony and Marvel have joined forces to take the Spider-Man movie franchise in `` a new creative direction , '' with the next installment planned to hit theaters in July 2017 . That 's right -- another `` Spider-Man '' reboot , announced just nine months after Spidey 's last swing through theaters in `` The Amazing Spider-Man 2 '' and three years after the franchise 's first relaunch . Sigh . Again ? Already ? Seriously ? According to the Hollywood Reporter , star Andrew Garfield is not returning as Spider-Man , freeing the producers of the next movie to cast a new face . OK , so maybe Sony and Marvel are eager to purge the sour aftertaste of the last `` Spider-Man '' movie , which was savaged by fans and critics alike . But even by Hollywood 's increasingly impatient time frame for relaunching superheroes , this move feels awfully hasty . The Internet , usually awash in enthusiastic fanboys , was skeptical . `` We 're < 10 years away from a Spider-Man movie that reboots itself during the movie , '' tweeted New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff . By Tuesday afternoon , Twitter jokesters were rallying around the hashtag # PutSpiderManInEveryMovie . And among fans another theme emerged : If they 're going to reboot `` Spider-Man '' again , maybe it 's time to get more creative with casting . Some people are clamoring for new movies based on an alternate version of Spider-Man by Marvel Comics that replaces Peter Parker -- the hero from the original 1962 comic -- with Miles Morales , a teenager who is half Latino , half African-American . Monday 's deal between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Disney 's Marvel Studios allows them to share Spider-Man , meaning that the web-slinging superhero could also appear in movies with , say , Captain America or Iron Man . Whichever way Sony and Marvel go , there 's a lot of money at stake . The five `` Spider-Man '' movies have earned more than $ 4 billion worldwide , making it the most successful franchise in the history of Sony Pictures . But people may be wearying of the series in its current form . Each of the last four `` Spider-Man '' movies made less money than its predecessor . We understand that risk-averse Hollywood loves superhero movies , which earn big profits in overseas markets , jump-start lucrative franchises and sell lots of related merchandise . But rushing out another , similar `` Spider-Man '' could come across like a creatively empty cash grab . Would n't it be better for Sony and Marvel give Spidey a break ? That way they could give fans time to breathe , build anticipation for a reimagined character and take the series in a bold new direction that reflects 2020 , not 1962 .
Sony is teaming with Marvel and rebooting the `` Spider-Man '' movies again . Some fans were saying it 's too soon for yet another relaunch . But, now that we have a new director in charge of this project