Spider-Man to get Animated Version; 'The Lego Movie' Directors to Write and Produce the Film

Looks like Spider-Man is all set to get a lot of action as the makers of last year's biggest hits, "The Lego Movie" and "22 Jump Street" — Phil Lord and Chris Miller — will be developing the animated Spider-Man feature film.

But surprisingly, the director duo has confirmed that they will only write and produce the project, and are not currently signed to direct it.

The Sony-Marvel partnership has given Spider-Man fans a reason to be excited about. There will be more web-slinging double-whammy action as our superhero is not only getting a solo film in 2017, but a brand new animated version in 2018.

During a CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman announced that Lord and Miller are taking Spidey back to his graphic roots with this first-of-its-kind animated feature which will be released in 2018. But at the same time, he made it clear that this project is going to be independent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin Feige produced live Spider-Man action film, which is slated for release on 28 July 2017.

Now that the Sony boss has made it clear that the animated version will be an independent entity, it will definitely give Lord and Miller a lot of scope to explore new angles. It will also give the makers the complete creative freedom to revamp, recreate or give Spider-Man a whole new twist.

Could this be a beginning of a brand new franchise? Will they be able to make it as huge as "The Lego Movie"? You never know.

But right now, all that we know is that the duo will not direct this animated version of Spider-Man and that they are busy writing "The Lego Movie" sequel that will also be released in 2018.