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 daughter, Ruby, in 2006. A second baby is expected in the spring.

Baby rumours have been rampant since April, when Maguire's spokeswoman was forced to deny a U.S. tabloid story suggesting Meyer was pregnant.

The rep said, "This is 100 per cent false."

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