We still have a little under a year before Marc Webb‘s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, titled The Amazing Spider-Man, arrives in theaters on July 3, 2012, but plans on the sequel are well underway.

If you’ll recall, it was announced back in March that screenwriter James Vanderbilt was already fast at work on the script for the sequel, and now Sony and Columbia Pictures have laid claim to the May 2, 2014 calendar spot to unveil their follow–up effort, The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Unfortunately for The Amazing Spider–Man, their trailer leaked a tad early, leading Columbia Pictures to just release it for all to see (unfortunately for them, maybe, but good for those of us excited about the movie!). Surely if the trailer hadn’t have leaked they could have wowed everyone at Comic–Con with it before releasing it, but they still were sure to bring a little something extra to show off.

The panel kicked off with said trailer, this time in 3D to add a little bit new to the mix, before someone dressed in a low–budget Spider–Man costume came up to the microphone going on about how excited they were to be there. After a bit, the person removes their mask to reveal that it’s the new Spidey himself, Andrew Garfield, who then talks about how much the superhero means to him and how much it changed his life growing up.

Garfield then introduced the rest of the panel””his co–star and female lead, Emma Stone, director Marc Webb, and producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach“”before removing the costume and joining them. Co–star Rhys Ifans was the surprise guest later in the panel.

Keep reading for new footage descriptions and to check out some pictures from the panel. You can also see a video of Garfield’s speech after he revealed himself as the costumed fan!

Some solid new images from Columbia Pictures’ upcoming reboot of the Spider–Man franchise, titled The Amazing Spider–Man, have been released online via Entertainment Weekly.

The new images offer up quite a bit to look at…and perhaps criticize for the good and/or bad. You’ll see some more peeks at star Andrew Garfield in full Spidey costume, his homemade web–shooters, and sans–costume trying out his powers on the subway, on the basketball court, and setting another student straight at school. You’ll see some of Garfield with love interest Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), and with Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Also shown off is a couple of looks at villain Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) and Gwen’s dad, George Stacy (Denis Leary).

You can see all 15 new images by clicking on over to the other side now!

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.

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.