New Spider-Man Animated Series to Premiere on Kids’ WB! in 2008

BURBANK, March 2: A new Spider-Man animated series,
tentatively titled The Amazing Spider-Man,
from Sony
Pictures Television’s Culver
Entertainment, is scheduled to premiere on Kids'
WB! on The CW in the early part of 2008.

Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, The Batman) will
serve as supervising producer and Victor Cook (Hellboy: Blood and Iron, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command) will be the producer and supervising director.

Riding the crest of Sony's
anticipated summer blockbuster Spider-Man 3, the new animated series picks up at the beginning of the
superhero’s journey as a not-so-typical 16-year-old entering his junior year of
high school. After having spent the summer battling common criminals with his
new-found powers, Peter Parker must conceal his secret identity while dealing
with the multileveled pressures of teenage life at home and school and
combating super-villains in the real world.

"The addition of Spider-Man bolsters a lineup that has proved to be the Saturday morning destination for kids seeking action and
adventure in the most amped-up ways," said Betsy McGowen, the SVP and GM
of Kids' WB! "We're ecstatic to welcome Spider-Man to our popular cavalcade of super heroes."