The Canceled James Cameron Spider-Man Movie: The Amazing Spider-Man - Canned Goods 

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It's crazy how much of this ultimately ended up being used in Raimi's Spidey and Webb's Spidey.

I heard that R Lee Ermey was meant to be J Jonah Jameson in one of these unproduced Spider-Man films. And I have to say, while I like JK Simmons, I never though of Ermey. But then I remember Full Metal Jacket, and I thought, "Yeah, he'd work."....

“… He and his sheets are covered in a sticky white substance.” HUH!? “He notices that it’s coming from his wrists.” Phew…

No one is talking about how James Cameron was the first one to come up with the idea of natural webbing for Peter. At least film wise.

I actually think James Cameron would’ve made a very interesting Spider-Man film but I guess it’s a good thing it never happened because we would’ve most likely never had gotten the Raimi series. Crazy how timing can change everything

I remember seeing the Spider-Man costume meant for this movie and liking it. It felt very old school. As for the actual script, I think it would be been good. Peter was a morally conflicted character, and was often a jackass. Very accurate and realistic. I didn't like the Electro/ Kingpin hybrid. Thought that was odd.

“With great powaaa comes great responsibiliteh aeughh!” -Arnold Schwarzenegger

Peter: I’m gonna put some Titanic in your eye Doc Ock: The powa of da Chopper, in a palm of my hand.

Fun fact: This treatment is the reason the Sandman wasn't in Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Crazy to think Tobey’s best friend almost got the role before him, everything would’ve changed

Part of me really wishes this film happened but mainly for the dark weirdness, but we still got that with Raimi's near perfect take. Plus some of his scenes had the darkness, grit, and weirdness in spades, like Spiderman defending MJ from attackers in a dark alley, the final punch up between Peter and Norman, Otto's arms coming to life and killing yhe surgeons trying to save him, or Spidey's brutal take down of Sandman in the subway.

I didn’t expect to think that if you cut out the Peter being a creep, this is a pretty interesting sounding story. The pacing would definitely fascinate me, it sound like a lot for one origing film but honestly it sounds cool! However, Raimi and Webb are fiiine with me!!!

How trippy would it be to live in a world with an R rated 90s Spider-Man movie movie directed by the dude fresh of terminator 2?

Funny to think that if DeCaprio had become Spider-Man, his close friend Tobey would’ve stayed an unknown

This definitely feels like an early draft, it would've been great to have seen a polished final version with the same care that Terminator and Alien had. But I'm still happy we have the Raimi films.

Call me crazy, but I think an angsty version Spider-Man that’s slightly more violent towards criminals could make sense, if executed properly. Think about it, Peter Parker was bullied a lot in high school by people like Flash Thompson. Maybe Cameron’s film could’ve explored how the bullying would rub off on Peter in a negative way that also affects how he operates as Spider-Man

That’s crazy to learn all of this. To think we could’ve had an entire different Spider-Man with Leo. Not even to mention the fact with the plot, sounds very 90’s and probably no studio would agree to make it this day. Really glad Tobey got to play the part and Sam for directing. Otherwise we probably wouldn’t see Tobey and Andrew along with Tom in no way home!

Between the consistencies in the Raimi version and the original 2001 trailer - there is no doubt that they originally set out to make this version and then the studio made the drastic changes. And…Arnold immediately felt like a sandman to me.

This movie sounds so strange and confusing! I’m honestly glad it wasn’t made because I cannot see leo dicaprio as a mean, gritty Peter Parker. I’m so happy we got Sam Raimi’s trilogy!

“… He and his sheets are covered in a sticky white substance.” We've all been there, Pete. We've all been there.

Supposedly Electro and Sandman couldn't be used in the 90s animated series because of this movie. So it's it's kind of a shame to hear how lame their back stories and characterizations in this script were. I'm glad this never got made lol.

I remember as an 80s kid all the hype for a spiderman movie. Surprise surprise it all came down to money and ego's that this didn't get made.

Has anyone heard how Cameron came on board Spider-Man? First he was going to produce and possibly write an X-Men movie directed by his then wife, Kathryn Bigalow. He met with Marvel. Everything was going great, and all parties were excited about making the movie. Then Stan Lee said, you know what'd be great, a Spider-Man movie. Cameron then started gushing like a fanboy with Stan about this, and the X Men movie was never discussed again.

Am I the only one who thinks that young Leo would’ve been an great casting choice for an Ultimate Spider-Man movie?

It would be fun to see a multiverse Leo Spidey cameo like a old version of Spider-Man in spider verse cross over. Kind of like how Matt Daimon played Loki for a minute in Thor.

The spidey before the ultimate comics exist

Fun fact because of this movie we never got Sandman in Spider-Man the animated series and Electro didn't appear until the final season

They almost had to name 'the amazing spiderman' to 'the spectacular spiderman' to not get confused

Somewhere in our multiverse this movie was made and it’s a classic

You should definitely talk about the cancelled Incredible Hulk movie from the mid 90’s, where it was in development hell until Ang Lee took head of directing and made Hulk in 2003, making the movie be very different then to what it was in the 90’s. One script I have a copy from 2000 is still retains most of the storyline from the 90’s movie, and it’s pretty strange.

Di Caprio as Peter would probably have been iconic

I actually like this story better than amazing 1 and homecoming. Especially the part about Spiderman going on tv shows to earn money. That’s directly ripped from the og comics. And lot of the motives of the characters make sense to me. Like mj/teenager seeking love to escape real world problems, peter acting selfish and being emotionally driven (that’s also exactly how he is in the first issue). It’s actually more believable for me for Spiderman to be not the first of his kind and those with these gifts are already in power behind the scenes quietly seeking others like them. Electro using negative media/smear campaign by bribing jj to turn Spiderman into a vigilante is a really nice tie in.

I heard James Cameron's Spiderman a lot of times but it's good to hear your take on it plus I would love Leonardo DiCaprio as Spiderman

I really like the draft plot, but I think it is best to cut out the *“kiss” mating from the bridge* scene. _I mean, they are high schoolers and it wouldn’t aged well if it exists today._

That sounds mental. Proof that stories often need the be filtered through a few people to get rid of the most insane or terrible ideas.

Imagine a young Leonardo DiCaprio as the Ultimate Spider-Man ? since the ultimate spider-man was skinny & looked so much younger in the comics and also Leonardo also had that ultimate Spider-Man Peter Parker hairstyle too back than when he younger honestly that would’ve been perfect right there

20th Century Fox: No James, we don't want the rights. Spider-Man is finished after this Bankruptcy deal (Eight Spider-Man, and two Venom, Movies and a small country's worth of money in Sony and Disney's pockets later) 20th Century Fox (as it's annexed into Disney's empire): D'OH!!!!

No cap, this is pretty good. We need a "Stories of Spider-Man" series where they tell interesting and compelling variations of Spider-man, including this

I actually own an original copy of the “scriptment” complete with emails from Columbia Tristar. I have always just referred to it as “The Cameron Treatment”. You did a great job summing up the the treatment and history of it. I learned a lot about it’s origin from your video! Thank you very much for helping me piece this all together!

To be honest, this is basically Raimi's Spiderman just with a different villain

The rights to spider-man have ALWAYS been such a huge dilemma.

It would be cool to see this script to get adapted into a graphic novel, or as a mini series of comics. Kind of how DC has done comics based on the 60s 70s Batman and wonder woman shows, the Chris reeves Superman and Burton Batman movies. So with that idea marvel could adapt it into a comic

Whenever I think of James Cameron that one South Park episode with the "oh oh oh James Camerooon" song plays in my head when he was lowering himself into the ocean trying to raise the bar or check how low the bar has lowered I forget.

It is kinda strange that he uses Electro and Sandman but he changes their names?

Not going to lie, seeing Terminator 2 I would have been very interested in how Cameron handled Sandman with a whole decade of VFX progress from the 80s

Honestly, a lot of moments are similar to what we got in Raimi's film.

And then James Cameron was one of the first directors to be approached for directing the first amazing Spider-Man film

Its crazy to think that if this movie was made, it wouldve changed the history of cinema in the 2000s and beyond.

Honestly, 86-Electro and Sandman and keep Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doc Ock and the rest of the cast - this could’ve been a KICK-ASS movie!

I would’ve loved to see this interpretation of Spider-Man. With a bit of ironing out in the script and story department, I could’ve seen it becoming a truly great superhero movie. I mean hey, with all the factory-produced superhero movies we’re getting now from Marvel and DC, it’s time we get different interpretations of our favorite beloved characters.

I can definite see the MCU take these story ideas for the next 3 Spider-Man films after No Way Home, except maybe with Villains like Kingpin, Tombsome, Mr Negative, and Hammerhead, with a bit of an Enforcers storyline and with Felicia Hardy/Black Cat being a new love interest for Peter.

Imagine peter parker saying “say hello to my little friend” and webbing up a criminal

for people who prefer dark and gritty storylines, this movie is for them, however, the way it's displayed in the script personally doesn't make it appealing to me, i can't root for this Peter, the villain choices are kinda wack for this type of story and the undertones kinda put me off overall

You should do a video on Dan Ackroyd's original script for Ghostbusters where they were more like a time traveling, dimension hopping SWAT like team in the future.

They could never bring his vision to life only aspects of it … no better time then now would I love to see his vision on Spider-Man

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Sand Man would have been the perfect casting.

This is actually quite interesting. Somebody should make this into a One-shot or Graphic Novel, or straight to DVD animated DCAU style

Imagine Arnold as venom he looks like the 1994 Spider-Man Eddie Brock and is already built

He was the one who came up with the idea of organic webs since peter was too young to develope such a complex scientific device & artificial webbing.

I mean I wouldn't mind a darker Spider-man first film, like I expect him to lighten up and crack jokes later on though because Spidey just isn't that much of a dark hero, maybe if you decide to step into alternative universes where you find Spider-men like Assassin Spider-man. But overall it's good for a first movie of Spidey trying to find himself and tbh, if you gave a teen superpowers they definitely would do what he did in this movie.

I remember reading a "supposed" Cameron script before the first Raimi movie came out. The only thing I remember about it was that Doc Ock said "Okey Dokey" a lot... it was kind of distracting, actually.

Peter being an asshole and kinda creepy is actually pretty accurate to the original comics.

Damn,anorld playing doc oc is something I didn’t know i want

It’s so interesting that Cameron almost fell into the same trappings that dozens of directors have fallen into since with superhero films. An obsession with “gritty realism” just doesn’t work for a character like spider-man. Period. He’s a dude who climbs up walls in a bright red suit, and won’t stop making jokes.

imagine if this version of spider-man came in no way home

This is genuinely an interesting story ngl I would like to this script as a movie Of course a little more smoother on the edges

Imagine Schwarzenegger as Hammerhead.

I would have love to have seen John Hughes direct a Spiderman film

Do videos on the previous cancelled spiderman films like canon picture's many unused drafts etc

I’m currently working on a Spider-Man series of my own, and surprisingly, this scriptment (along with the Ultimate comics) are big influences. It’s not a direct rip but the series is set in the 90’s with grunge/alternative rock as the score and backdrop. Peter uses music (namely Soundgarden) to cope with his situation and the world is really dark and gritty, however Peter is bright, happy, optimistic and acts as the beacon of light in a world of darkness. Sure he has moments where he wants to give up but he always remembers to keep his head up and do the right thing. It’s still in the planning stages so many aspects are subject to change but me and a close friend of mine are always making small bits of progress :)

I honestly really liked Cameron's treatment, and it's better than what people say. I didn't mind the darker tone because that's what was popular in the early 90s after the success of Batman 89. (Despite Batman Returns and TMNT 1990 effecting darker adaptations from happening.) I also liked the more aggressive Peter because that's the kind of kid that would act like that being bullied. I also prefer this Electro over the comic where he's basically Donald Trump with powers. (Come to think, this cartoony villain wouldn't be so cartoonish nowadays.) The suit's description sounded directly from the comics and even the large triangle lenses sounded McFarlane. And Camsron understood Peter's consequences and his responsibilities he has to learn. The downsides are some of the humors Is VERY 90s and really structure of the plot too. Also, M.J.'s character was really bitchy at first but thankfully she grew on me near the end. David Koepp wanted to use Cameron's story for the 2002 movie back in 1999 before using Goblin and Doc Ock and he even made a full script of Cameron's you can read on his website. Another thing is that because this would in the 90s, many things would be real on camera, a actual set, a real man swinging screws the city via helicopter, and Leonardo DeCaprio would actually wear a real suit on set that isn't covered in CG. And most of the effects I bet would look amazing with Sandamn, Electro's powers and Spider-Man's swinging shots. While I still love the Raimi trilogy better, It could've been fascinating to see this. If you're a fan of the TASM film, you're more likely to like this scriptment than if you're fan of Raimi's with the darker tone and more rebellious Peter. But Spidey is still here and there's still good highlights in there as well.

I’m glad we didn’t get this R rated Spider Man film, because if we did, then one of the greatest Superheroe movie trilogy would’ve never happened. And we kind of got that style with Spider-Man Noir.Can you please do an episode on The Amazing Spider Man 3?

Another amazing plot breakdown, keep it up.

Tbh I think if this film was released today as just a standalone film, it could be successful with its darker tone that’ll help to stick out amongst the other superhero films of today. Also this seems most accurate to his comic origins where he acted like a dick before properly developing as Spider-Man

This one doesn’t sounds terrible just doesn’t sound like Spider-Man in the beginning. It’s like I don’t know I feel like even tho Rami was not a Spider-Man fan when he made the film it felt like Spider-Man this one sounds like a anti hero lol

It would had been great. I don’t know if Tobey would had been so loved as he is now because technically he’s the original Spider-Man for us. Plus, I won’t believe Tobey would had been Spider-Man at all.

Would be crazy if they throw Dicaprio as a Spiderman variant in Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness

There was a lot of good and a lot of bad in this script. It would be nice to see a meaner Spider-Man in live action, considering he wasn't always a nice guy. The cynicism of the script was perfect though, that's what Spider-Man is at heart.

There is a lot of Spiderman 1 and Amazing Spiderman in this script, from how Peter get his power, the angsty Peter have in his lash to Ben in Amazing Spiderman and the tattoo of Ben's killer in his hand, the organic Web shooters , his first kiss with MJ after beating some badguys in an alley...still not better than what we actually got with Raimi and eventually Webb, still you can see some blue prints of what James was cooking on the final products of Sam Raimi and Marc Webb Spiderman's films.

Besides the sneaking to watch MJ... thing the progression of her character in this as far as her and Peters relationship is much better. That might be do to how she’s used in SM2 and much of 3. Especially since I don’t buy how Peter acted before the symbiosis after he went through this emotional distress in 2 then finally got her. I like the shy Peter we get in the Raimi movies though I’ve been told it’s not quite to that extreme in the comics. That’s fine by me I relate to it more. MJ herself never developed into the awesome supportive character in the Raimi movies. That might be due to studio interference with 3. I think Sam was dangling that carrot but it hadn’t delivered that proper crunch.

"The multiverse is a concept about which we know frighteningly little"

I would've had faith with James. I mean he had titanic, terminator, alien under his belt. I see Raimi's films as perfect as spiderman can get, im happy with what we got, for the best. But this script gets written off too quickly by sensitive surface skimmers. Yea you're not wrong in thinking Peter's a bit creepy but its on paper. Terminator on paper wasn't supposed to work lol and it should be obvious that it was an earlyish script. Like I said I can't imagine anyone else doing such a good job as Sam did but James Cameron doing an actual marvel superhero movie is definitely intriguing.

Peter basically using his power as Spider-Man to non-consensually bang MJ is super messed up though, I feel like if they cut that from the script and released it as is this would've been one of those obscure Spider-Man movies like the Japanese one.

Imagine if they allowed all three directors under the whole multiverse system to take place one after the other, James Cameron, Sam rami and web. that would be awsome! We'd get to see sams spiderman 3 conclusion, James Camerons take on a darker version of spidey and webs version too! All under the marvel multiverse.

If he dialed the violence and creepiness down it would be a perfect movie

As someone who hopes to write novels someday, it comforts me greatly to know that the same man who wrote Titanic also wrote "Their mouths very slowly and very sensually devour each other"

Hey this is my third video from your channel. At first I suspected that this channel was just like Supervoid Cinema, I'm pleasantly surprised to say although your channels are similar the way you talk about movie scripts is kinda different with how you use stick figures, and puppets, while Supervoid uses more clip edits and scenes from from miscellaneous media. Anyways your script tellings are fun in their own way, so I'm happy to watch both channels. Maybe the two of you should do a collab sometime, That could be interesting!

I'm sure a lot of these ideas would be changed with the final draft and while shooting. Wpuld have been interesting to see!

First of all, bro, you are above and beyond with community comment interaction and support. Wow, props! I retract my negetive comment on tasm, I however praise and thank you for your work! Great information, great presentation

This channel is amazing, its now my favorite RU-vid channel, I love the plot breakdowns, any chance you could one on the rejected sequels to the power rangers 2017?

That was a really cool story!! Thanks you !

the organic webbing. this was actually the concept that sam raimi uses this idea from james cameron's version

I rlly like the idea of electro being a Kingpin like figure, it would’ve been rlly interesting

it sounds to me that some of the elements from this movie were used in Sam Raimis Spiderman now I know where Raimi got some of the script from but honestly Im kinda glad we never got this version, it just doesn't sound right to me I wonder which Universe got the James Cameron Spidey Franchise with no Raimi Franchise

Still praying for the day interdementional cable becomes a real thing so we can watch these films

The part where he has to decide between saving Aunt May or giving the money back to the city reminds me of the decision he has to make in Spider-Man PS4

This movie could’ve been pretty good ngl. I doubt it would’ve been exactly like this because changes in movies happen a lot while being made, so for all we know this could’ve been better than the Raimi movies! Would’ve been interesting

I so wanted Cameron to direct a Spider-Man movie, and was dejected when I learned he was out, but I think it worked out for the best. If Golan ended up attached to the project in any capacity it would have been a disaster.

17:09: That's the power of the Spider-splooge!