We all knew Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures were planning multiple movies in their insta-reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, which will start with The Amazing Spider-Man, but it looks like they’re already preparing to begin working on the sequel before the first has even finished filming.

It’s being reported that the services of screenwriter James Vanderbilt have been retained and that he’ll now begin working on the script for the follow-up after pitching an idea to executives that they apparently liked enough to approve of.

Columbia Pictures in association with Sony Pictures has officially announced the title of their upcoming Spider-Man reboot, being directed by Marc Webb.

Seeing as how Sam Raimi and company used the simple Spider-Man for their titles, it should come as no great shock that this time around they’re going with a nod to the comic books of old, titling the first in the planned franchise The Amazing Spider-Man.

The movie stars Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) as Peter Parker/Spidey, Emma Stone (Zombieland, Easy A) as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, The Replacements) as Dr. Curt Connors/Lizard, Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The Departed) as Uncle Ben, and Sally Field (Forrest Gump, Mrs. Doubtfire) as Aunt May.

Have you been dying to see a grainy, distanced video of Spider-Man in action on the set of director Marc Webb‘s reboot of the franchise? Then this is your lucky day!

A bunch of spy pics and a couple videos from the set of Spider-Man have found their way to the web, and they give us our first look at the webslinger in full costume WITH the mask, unlike the first official image of star Andrew Garfield we saw recently.

Be sure to click on over to the other side now to see a few images courtesy of On Location Vacations (via MarketSaw), and to see the video of Spidey in action. After watching the video, you can also see a clearer video that picks up where the first video left off by heading over to TMZ.

The David Fincher-directed film The Social Network, which stars Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, is doing great this awards season, and there’s a good chance the film will take the Best Picture Oscar this year.

Right now there’s some great deals on the DVD and Blu-ray, as well as the film’s soundtrack, which won Best Score at this year’s Golden Globes.

— The Social Network Soundtrack, by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, on MP3 for only $5.00 and on CD for only for $9.99.

— The Social Network 2-Disc Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray for only $16.99 (that’s 51% off the list price of $34.95) and DVD for only $12.99 (that’s 55% off the list price of $28.96).

— Video On Demand: $14.99 to purchase; the 24-hour rental will be $3.99 (rental for this film will be available starting February 2, 2011).

The big new reboot of Spider-Man for Sony and Columbia Pictures was obviously going to draw a lot of attention, and many photographers are itching to snap some sneaky shots of anything going on with the production.

First we saw some spy pics of stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and love interest Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy hanging out on what looks like high school football field bleachers. That was followed by the much less sneaky and much more official first image of Garfield in partial Spider-Man costume.

Now comes some more sneaky shots, as someone was able to get a few good looks at Denis Leary, who was cast back in November, as Gwen’s father, Captain George Stacy.

You can see a few of these shots of Leary in costume on the set of director Marc Webb‘s new Spider-Man by continuing on below now.