In the meantime, Sony will need to recover from external and internal blows and, like the departed Spider-Man, come out swinging.

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Now, the source said, "the spider web" is starting to come together.

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The money, which will go into a single pot, will come from disentangling an existing spider's web of central government handouts.

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And come next year, she gets to star in a big budget production, The Amazing Spider Man.

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