James Cameron's Spider-Man

James Cameron's Spider-Man: The Movie is a proposed take of the comic book character Spider-Man made by Lightstorm Entertainment and was scheduled to be released sometime in 1992 or 1994. The screenplay was written by Barry Cohen, Ted Newson and James Cameron, who was also going to be the director.

Plot
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Cast
The cast would have Leonardo DiCaprio as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and would co-star Maggie Smith as May Parker, R. Lee Ermey as J. Jonah Jameson, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus, Michael Biehn as Boyd/Sandman, Robyn Lively as Mary Jane Watson and Lance Hendrickson as Carlton Strand/Electro.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Carolco Studios, 21st Century Studios and Marvel are now bankrupt.
 * 2) Carolco ceased active production of Spider-Man in 1992, and a year later, Menahem Golan filed legal action against Carolco.

Results

 * The film was permanently cancelled.
 * Some of the elements of the script were later used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and had Tobey MacGuire as the title character.