Hollywood gets a kick out of 'rebooting'

When Sony Pictures' plan for a fourth "Spider-Man" movie starring Tobey Maguire fell apart in January, the studio had to come up with a new way to keep the superhero series alive after three movies released from 2002 to 2007 grossed $2.5 billion worldwide.

By Ben Fritz and Steve Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times

September 10, 2010