Yet under copyright law, which treats the product of employees and contracted freelancers as the work of the company from the moment of creation, Ditko owns no part of Spider-Man.

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Stone will also appear in Spider-Man, playing the part of Gwen Stacy.

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The intent is that this is part two of a new Spider-Man trilogy.

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When the man turned, Julian glimpsed part of a tattoo, half a spider crawling out of the collar of his shirt.

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The remarkable amusement park is the brainchild of La Machine, a street theater company famous for such creations as the 15-meter spider that crawled through Liverpool, in Britain, as part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.

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The spider lived for 100 days on board the International Space Station as part of the YouTube Space Lab challenge, where NASA took suggestions for experiments aboard the International Space Station from 14-18 year olds.

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The Spider-Man performance is the fifth show the fund has put on as part of its autism-friendly scheme.

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Part of the reason for blu's success this week was some old favorites like 300 and Spider-Man 3, but judging by the new legs on Casino Royale, we'd say a BOGO sale contributed to the success as well.

ENGADGET: Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending December 16th, 2007