Spider-Man to return for three more films

Sony Pictures has revealed that Spider-Man will return for a further three films, after the franchise broke US box office records upon its opening.

The third Spider-Man film was the most successful yet, taking £74 million on it first weekend.

Michael Lynton, the chief executive at Sony, claimed that there would be "as many as we can make good stories for".

He went on: "Everybody has every intention of making a fourth, fifth and sixth on and on.

"Everybody's been so busy trying to get this one out that that's been the focus. When everybody comes up for air we can think about how to make the next one."