Garfield, whose credits include Heath Ledger film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, replaces Tobey MagGuire as the new Peter Parker, the average youth who transforms into a superhero.
The new Spider-Man film is due in theaters on July 3, 2012. Marc Webb, who made the romance (500) Days of Summer is directing this part.
Garfield came on board after Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi, who made three blockbuster Spider-Man films together, departed amid story and scheduling issues over a fourth movie.
The new film, which will be shot in 3-D, focuses on a younger Peter Parker, the Marvel Comics hero who gains superpowers after he's bitten by a radioactive spider.
