Andrew Garfield is the New Spiderman!

Sony Pictures has cast British actor Andrew Garfield, 26, to star as the young ‘Spider-Man,’ according to Variety. Garfield made his film debut in the Robert Redford’s LIONS FOR LAMBS, was previously in BOY A & THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, and recently appeared in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSIUS. Look for Garfield in David Fincher’s upcoming Facebook movie, THE SOCIAL NETWORK and he’ll play the lead male opposite Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in Mark Romanek’s NEVER LET ME GO, due for release later this year..

From Collider.com comes this cool video and images from Mexico where director Marc Webb and producers Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin made the big announcement.

Garfield was among the final list of contenders along with Jamie Bell, Anton Yelchin, Aaron Johnson, Logan Lerman, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Michael Angarano, and Josh Hutcherson, who was rumored to have had the part already in the bag. Shooting begins in early December and the studio will release the film in 3D on July 3, 2012.

Video and stills courtesy of Collider.com