Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have announced the news that movie and Spider man fans around the world have been yearning to hear for weeks – Andrew Garfield will play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the upcoming reboot of the movie franchise. The 26-year old Garfield, who will appear in the movies Never Let Me Go and The Social Network later this year, beat out the likes of Aaron Johnson, Anton Yelchin, Jamie Bell and Josh Hutcherson for the role.