Spider Man star Tobey Maguire is set to become a dad again; his jewellery designer wife Jennifer Meyer is pregnant with the couple's second child.

Meyer gave birth to their first child, daughter Ruby, in 2006. A second baby is expected next year.

Baby rumours have been rampant since April when Maguire's spokesman was forced to deny a US tabloid story suggesting Meyer was pregnant. The representative said: "This is 100 percent false."

But now, publicist Kelly Bush has confirmed the happy news. - Wenn