(SCI FI Wire)A Sony spokesperson told SCI FI Wire that filmmakers will use computer technology to remove any images of the World Trade Center from its upcoming Spider-Man movie, which was shot partly in New York earlier this year. Sony has also recalled its teaser trailer for the film--which featured a sequence in which the titular hero traps a helicopter full of thieves in a massive web strung between the two towers--and posters featuring the towers. The studio was responding to the terrorist attack that destroyed the towers on Sept. 11.

The trailer and poster \"both feature images of the World Trade Center in them, and the sequence that is included in the trailer is not part of the movie, so we felt that it was appropriate ... to be sensitive to the circumstances of this past week\'s tragedy,\" the spokesperson said in an interview.

The spokesperson added that the changes won\'t affect the timetable to complete the film, which is currently in post-production, or alter its current release date of May 3, 2002. A new trailer has already been produced and new posters will be coming out as well, though the spokesperson did not say when. The movie, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, is based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name.