Zac Efron will be the next Spiderman

After realizing that Tobey Maguire as Spiderman brought as much cinematic pleasure to audiences as watching a woman in the delivery room trying to give birth to octuplets we would have thought Sony would make sure the next Spiderman would be a cross between Godzilla and Arnie back when he was doing steroids. Alas, they went for vaginal wetness instead (we tried hard to convince them we can make goo magically appear in seconds as well and we’re excellent at flinging it long distances, but they wouldn’t buy it).

Via OK! Magazine:

Zac Efron will replace Tobey Maguire in the fourth blockbuster movie, due to start shooting later this year and scheduled to hit cinemas in 2012.

Tobey, 34, stunned bosses at Universal Pictures last year when he announced he was quitting the megabucks franchise.

But a studio insider revealed: “After dumping Spidey, Tobey then came to the rescue by recommending that Zac should take over his role.”

Producers believe the 22-year-old, who has a huge teen following, will bring new fans to the Spider-Man series by playing the reluctant hero and his alter ego Peter Parker.

They are also believed to be considering reuniting Zac with his High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens, 21.

She is hotly tipped to replace Kirsten Dunst, 27, as Spider-Man’s love interest and the source added: “It would be a great coup to land her as well.

“The franchise would be revitalised and transformed by two of Hollywood’s most gifted and fast-rising young stars.”