Long before Sam Raimi redefined comic book movies with his 2002 “Spider-Man” movie, it was James Cameron who wanted to bring the web-slinger to the big screen. In his new book “Tech Noir: The Art of James Cameron,” the “Titanic” and “Avatar” filmmaker calls his version of “Spider-Man” the “greatest movie I never made.” The director tried and failed to mount his own “Spider-Man” movie in the years between “Terminator 2: Judgment Da” and “Titanic.” Cameron reflected on the project during a recent roundtable interview attended by ScreenCrush, noting his vision for the comic book film is “very different” than what Sam Raimi came up with.
“The first thing you’ve got to get your mind around is, it’s not Spider-Man,” Cameron said. “He goes by Spider-Man, but he’s not Spider-Man. He’s Spider-Kid. He’s Spider-High-School-Kid. He’s kind of geeky and nobody notices him and he...
“The first thing you’ve got to get your mind around is, it’s not Spider-Man,” Cameron said. “He goes by Spider-Man, but he’s not Spider-Man. He’s Spider-Kid. He’s Spider-High-School-Kid. He’s kind of geeky and nobody notices him and he...
- 12/6/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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