Amazing Spider-Man 2 Writer Hired?

Before there's even sign of a teaser trailer for 2012's reboot The Amazing Spider-Man, it's been reported that a writer has already been hired for a sequel that would be shot shortly after its predecessor's release provided the new version goes down well. The screenplay author in question is James Vanderbilt, a well-known name in the world of film for his scripts like The Rundown (2003), Zodiac (2007) and The Losers (2010) who also worked on a script for Sam Raimi's cancelled Spider-Man 4 and subsequently has written the screenplay for Amazing. Sony Pictures certainly wouldn't be the first studio to jump the bandwagon and start work on a sequel before the first flick premières: Warner Brothers did just that with 2009's Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr (the second instalment, A Game Of Shadows, is out this December) and is believed to be doing the same with Ryan Reynolds' The Green Lantern (due out in June). Let's just hope that all goes well when The Amazing Spider-Man arrives in cinemas next July, or all this might be for nothing...