The Cricket's Daily 3: An animated 'Spider-Man' coming at you

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Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• Sony Pictures will make an animated "Spider-Man" movie, due out on July 20, 2018, to be written and produced by "LEGO Movie" directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller . Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman announced this at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. [Variety]

• Everybody has now watched the video of Robert Downey Jr. walking out of an interview with a British TV reporter, who pressed him with questions about his past. [Vulture]

• Screenwriter and author Niall Leonard, who is married to author EL James, will write the screenplay to James' "50 Shades of Grey" sequel. [The Hollywood Reporter]