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Andrew Garfield became Spider-Man because of a deadline buried in a contract. Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 died on January 11, 2010. Sony announced a full reboot the same day, within hours, with no director and no cast. That speed only makes sense once you read the license Sony bought from a nearly bankrupt Marvel in 1999. Release a new Spider-Man movie every 5.75 years or the rights revert to Marvel for free. Spider-Man 3 came out in May 2007. The stopwatch was already running. So Sony built a…