James Cameron's Risqué Spider-Man Scene Pitch Detailed by Marvel Writer
Avatardirector James Cameron had a risqué Spider-Man scene in his original script treatment. Before Sam Raimi came onboard to direct the first live-action Spider-Man, Cameron was well into the development process, having written what he called a«scriptment» for the film, complete with storyboards. The film was set to feature both Electro and Sandman as the villains and would focus on Spider-Man well into his career as a superhero, with Leonardo DiCaprio eyed to play the web-slinger. However, a series of legal issues with the rights caused the film to be scrapped, with Spider-Man ending up in the hands of Sony.
Eventually, Spider-Man was made by Raimi in 2002, who cast Tobey Maguire as the lead. Raimi would direct two more Spider-Man films after that, while Cameron moved on to other projects, including Titanic and Avatar, both of which went on to become box office behemoths. In the first Spider-Man film, Raimi and screenwriter David Koepp explored the origins of Peter Parker and his transition into Spider-Man, including the physical changes that his body went through in the process after being bitten by a radioactive spider, which felt more than a little metaphorical of teenage adolescence.
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In a new retrospective piece at Variety, Koepp, Raimi, and producers Amy Pascal and Avi Arad all discussed the journey of Spider-Man to the big screen, including Cameron's early attempt to get it made. Koepp mentions the 80-page «scriptment» that Cameron wrote and how it was attached to the film rights when they went to Sony. Koepp noted that the Spider-Man script leaned heavily into the metaphorical aspects of "sexual development" in the film, with a
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