Why James Cameron’s SPIDER-MAN Never Got Made

James Cameron’s cancelled ’The Amazing Spider-Man’ ...Before Sam Riami, Marc Webb, The Russo Brothers and Jon Watts would put Spider-Man 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 Spider-Man. 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 X-Men 05:40 - James Cameron’s Amazing Spider-Man 07:22 - Steve Ditko / History of Spider-Man 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