Why James Camerons SPIDER MAN Never Got Made

James Cameron s cancelled The Amazing SpiderMan Sam Riami, Marc Webb, The Russo Brothers and Jon Watts would put SpiderMan up on the big screen, there was a time when legendary Terminator and Aliens director James Cameron was hired to write and direct his own blockbuster vision of SpiderMan. The project fell through, resulting in much speculation and debate on one of the greatest What Ifs in cinema history. This video aims to covers the various events and false starts leading up to Cameron signing on, what the visionary director had in mind and why the project would controversially go down in flames. 0:00 Stan Lee 02:01 Intro, James Cameron s XMen 05:40 James Cameron s Amazing SpiderMan 07:22 Steve Ditko, History of SpiderMan 08:36 Roger Corman 09:07 Cannon Films 10:32 Tobe Hooper 17:52 Carolco Pictures 18:48 Cameron Hype 20:00 Beginning of the end 24:50 Cameron s Scriptment 35:32 DiCa br, br,