A new animated Spider-Man film is in the works.

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The news is fresh out of CinemaCon, with the first-of-its-kind animated Spider-Man feature set to exist independently of the in-development live-action Spider-Man movies.Rumours about this project first surfaced during the Sony hack and leaked emails . The untitled Spider-Man animated movie is being produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie), with the in-demand duo also in charge of writing the story treatment.We recently reported that Lord and Miller are said to be writing the story treatment for The Flash film.The animated Spider-Man feature is slated for a July 20, 2018 release date.The next live-action Spider-Man is set to appear in an upcoming film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe before starring in a standalone Sony Pictures feature.

Nathan Lawrence is a freelance writer from Sydney who thinks that everything about this news is awesome. Chase him down on Twitter