Troutman beat me to it...
I read somewhere that Sam Raimi is dumping the Spiderman franchise for "The Hobbit". I don't think it was set in stone that he's directing, but he said something like that if Peter Jackson didn't want to direct, he would do it in a heartbeat. There were rumours flying around that if Raimi wasn't a part of Spidey, Toby and Kirstin were out as well. Looks like the web slinger has met his greatest enemy in a glorified troll.
I could have read it all here too... I can't remember where it was.
EDIT: Found it!
http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6618