Gary Ross, who directed Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit and Pleasantville, has come aboard to rewrite the script for Spider-Man 4, reports Variety.
Sam Raimi will again direct the Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios project that will go into production early next year.
The Spider-Man 4 script was originally written by James Vanderbilt, and then rewritten by David Lindsay-Abaire.
The fourth installment is scheduled for a May 6, 2011 release.