David Lindsay-Abaire, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, is currently in final talks to write the screenplay for „Spiderman 4,” which will be produced by Columbia Pictures.

The sequel will be directed by Sam Raimi, who also served as the director for Spiderman and Spiderman 2 and 3, and will be starring Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire in the leading roles.

Details on the plot are under the wraps for the time being, producer Laura Ziskin having only revealed that Columbia planned to release the production in May 2011, nine years after the original movie debuted in theaters.

Lindsay-Abaire is not the first Pulitzer winner to contribute to Spidey’s story, with Michael Chabon having worked on „Spiderman 2.” Chabon, 45, received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001 for his novel „The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” which came into much critical acclaim when it was published in the year 2000. His draft for Spiderman’s second installment was only used in part in the final film, about a third of the writing being selected for the movie.

David Lindsay-Abaire won the aforementioned prestigious prize in 2007, for his „Rabbit Hole” drama, which alongside „Fuddy Meers,” is his best known work.

„Rabbit Hole,” which was first presented at South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival reading series in 2005, tells the story of Becca and Howie, a couple striving to overcome a dreadful loss.

The drama was later made into a Broadway play, as well, with a cast that included Cynthia Nixon as Becca, John Slattery as Howie, opposite Tyne Daly and John Gallagher Jr.