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How would modern superhero movies be affected if James Cameron had made his version of Spider-Man?


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Obviously we can’t be completely sure in our theories, but what kind of state do you guys think modern superhero movies would be if Cameron had made this movie? Would this set back superhero movies or would this have launched an earlier MCU type of universe?

This movie was pretty ambitious with its rumored 50 million dollar budget. I know James Cameron puts out some high quality material, but I don’t think 90s CGI would have been kind to this project with such CGI heavy characters.

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Let's just all breathe a collective sigh of relief that he didn't get his hands on Spider-Man, and continue counting down the days until Far From Home hits theaters.

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From what I heard he wanted it to be rated R for Violence, Language, and sexual content and for Michael Biehn to be Peter Parker. That's not how you do a Spider-Man movie.

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I think Edward Furlong was supposed to play Parker, whereas Beihn was in an undisclosed role. Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to be Dr Octavious, and I think Bill Paxton was supposed to be Green Goblin. It would’ve been a raunchy, sex-fueled film for sure, but I wonder how it would’ve turned out.

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Right, it was Furlong who would be Spider-Man. Leo DeCaprio was also considered. I think Cameron would have to be nuts to cast a 35-year-old Michael Biehn as 17-year-old Peter Parker.

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I love James Cameron. Amazing filmmaker. Terminater 1/2 and Aliens some of my favorite movies ever. But his version of Spiderman, just wasn't Spiderman. Glad we got the Sam Raimi one.

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I've always wondered about this. As much as I know about it being rated R, I still trust Cameron. It would have been hard to follow up any superhero with anything he did.

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Well clearly being a Cannon production, they would have announced a 100 million budget and then slashed it to 10 million at the last minute...it would all have been filmed in Essex UK doubling for NY, and the effects would have been done on a ZX Spectrum computer.

Why not...it worked for Superman 4...

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