It seems the highly anticipated Spider-Man sequel has finally escaped from the very bowels of development hell. Director Sam Raimi (Drag Me To Hell, Evil Dead) announced to MTV today that the film was to begin shooting next month with a May 5th 2010 release date. Raimi has also stated that he will have a heavy part in the production of this latest webslinging outing, as the script will be co-written by him and Gary Ross. This is greated with many sighs of relief from fans after seeing what happened to the largely studio written Spider-Man 3.