James Cameron's Spider-Man - Marvel Movies That Never Happened!

About this episode

The episode explores the unproduced Spider-Man film by James Cameron and the various elements surrounding its development.

This week we head into the MVM Archives to explore a Marvel Movie That Never Happened but nearly did - James Cameron’s Spider-Man! Back in 1993 Carolco Pictures hired James Cameron to write the screenplay for their upcoming Spider-Man movie! We’ll take you through all the plans that Cameron had for different Spider-Man villains like Electro, Sandman, and Doctor Octopus! We’ll explore the casting choices being discussed, from Leonardo DiCaprio to Arnold Schwarzenegger! We’ll also dig into why the movie never happened, and the complicated legal cases that exploded and resulted in a direct stand-off between Spider-Man and James Bond! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

Topics covered

• James Cameron
• Spider-Man
• unproduced films
• casting choices
• legal issues
• Marvel villains

Keywords

• James Cameron
• Spider-Man
• unproduced movie
• Marvel villains
• casting
• legal battles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carolco Pictures

Books & works: Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, James Bond

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