>Chris Columbus, Roland Emmerich, Tony Scott, Jan de Bont, Ang Lee, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan and Tim Burton were approached to direct the movie before Sam Raimi was hired.
>Early drafts featured the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus as villains, with Green Goblin trying to kill Harry Osborn to prevent Harry from ruining OsCorp and Doctor Octopus wanting revenge on the Green Goblin for stealing his designs.
>Freddie Prinze Jr. was Sony's top choice to play Peter, but Raimi believed he wasn't right for the role. Scott Speedman, Jay Rodan and James Franco auditioned before Tobey Maguire was cast. Franco was later cast as Harry.
>Kate Hudson was Sony's top choice to play MJ, but declined. Alicia Witt, Mena Suvari, Elisha Cuthbert and Eliza Dushku auditioned before Kirsten Dunst was cast.
>Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich and Robert De Niro were approached for Norman Osborn before Willem Dafoe was cast.
>Hugh Jackman was approached to make a cameo appearance as Wolverine, but scheduling conflicts prevented it from happening.
>Early drafts featured Doctor Octopus and Black Cat as villains, with a brief appearance by the Lizard to set up SPIDER-MAN 3, but Black Cat and Lizard were ultimately written out to streamline the narrative.
>In early drafts, Otto Octavius is a handsome young scientist who created the spider that bit Peter and who becomes involved with Mary Jane. He spirals into insanity after becoming addicted to endorphins that are released into his system when he uses his mechanical arms, which end up fused to his spine in a fight with Spider-Man. He then becomes obsessed with capturing Spider-Man and using his spine fluid to cure himself.
>In early drafts, Peter is given a microchip Octavius which supresses his powers, which he uses after Harry Osborn places a bounty on his head, turning the city against him. He is ultimately forced to remove it and regain his powers in order to stop Doctor Octopus.
>Tobey Maguire nearly was replaced by Jake Gyllenhall after injuring his back filming SEABISCUIT and clashing with Sony over delaying production to accomodate his recovery.
>Vincent D'Onofrio, Chris Cooper and Robert de Niro were approached for Doctor Octopus before Alfred Molina was cast.
Ayden Robinson
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
>Early drafts featured Sandman and Vulture as villains, but Sony demanded that Venom, Gwen Stacy and Harry's transformation into the Green Goblin be included in the movie, requriting Vulture to be written out.
>In early drafts, the symbiote would arrive on Earth in a space shuttle piloted by John Jameson, which would malfunction and nearly crash-land on Manhattan before Spider-Man intervenes. The sequence was deemed too extensive and expensive and entirely scrapped.
>In early drafts, the symbiote would drain Brock's life force due to prolongued exposure, reducing him to a charred skeleton, and attempt to bond with Peter again before Peter destroys it.
>In early drafts Sandman would give up fighting upon learning his daughter is in terminal condition and can no longer be cured. Spider-Man would then forgive him and allow him to go and spend her last days by her side.
>In early drafts, Bernard, the butler, would be revealed as another of Harry's hallucinations, subconsciously encouraging Harry to help his friends.
>In early drafts Gwen Stacy would've been captured by Venom and Sandman, but scheduling conflicts required it be Mary-Jane again.
>Ben Kingsley was approached for the Vulture before the character was cut.
>Elisha Cuthbert and Scarlett Johansson were approached for Gwen Stacy before Bryce Dallas Howard was cast.
Owen Wood
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
>David Fincher was approached to direct the movie before Marc Webb was hired.
>In early drafts, Peter would find out his father, Richard Parker, coded the venom of the genetically modified spiders to his DNA and that OsCorp engineered both his parents' death and the accident in which he acquired his powers in order to retrieve a sample of his blood to cure Norman Osborn, but the entire subplot was scrapped after it leaked online and was poorly received.
>Early drafts featured larger roles for Peter and Gwen's high school friends including Flash Thompson, Sally Avril, Missy Hallenback and Ariel Keene.
>Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Daniel Radcliffe, Robert Pattinson, Logan Lerman, Anton Yelchin, Alden Ehrenreich, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Zac Efron, Jim Sturgess, Xavier Samuel, Liam Aiken, Drake Bell, Michael Angarano, Dane DeHaan and and Josh Hutcherson, among others, auditioned for Peter before Andrew Garfield was cast.
>Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mia Wasikowska, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer, Brooklyn Decker, Amber Heard, Dianna Agron, Emily Browning, Lily Collins, Emma Roberts, Anna Kendrick, Ophelia Lovibond, Sara Paxton, Georgina Haig, Dominique McElligott, Scout Taylor-Compton auditoned for Gwen before Emma Stone was cast.
>Michael Fassbender was approached for Connors before Rhys Ifans was cast.
>The "Man in the Shadows" played by Michael Massee was originally Electro, who'd be an enforcer for OsCorp and become the main villain of the sequel. However, when Sony changed their plans for the franchise, he was made into the Gentleman instead.
Luke Wood
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
>Sony merged Marc Webb's ideas for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, featuring Electro and Rhino; and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3, featuring the Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy's death, into one movie in order to build up to the Sinister Six and other spin-offs and compete with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
>Early drafts featured Mary-Jane Watson as Peter's neighbor, a troublemaking waitress who lives with her abusive father and admires Spider-Man. Shailene Woodley played her in the movie, but all of her scenes were cut.
>Early drafts featured J. Jonah Jameson as the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle who believes Spider-Man is a menace, particularly after Spider-Man and Electro crash into his office while fighting in Times Square. Sam Elliot and John Slattery were approached for the role before the character was scrapped.
>In early drafts, Peter would've actually given his blood to Harry, but this was changed as it made Peter indirectly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin.
>Early drafts featured a larger role for Felicia Hardy, who'd be Harry's girlfriend and accomplice; and a smaller role for Rhino, who'd be just a throaway villain. Due to Sony's meddling, Felicia was reduced to a tertiary character and Rhino's role was expanded so he could integrate the Sinister Six.
>In early drafts, Norman Osborn would've been preserved in suspended animation after his apparent death while OsCorp cloned a healthy younger body for him.
>In early drafts, Richard Parker would've been revealed to have survived the plane crash and reunite with Peter in the end.
>Alden Ehrenreich, Brady Corbet, Eddie Redmayne, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Boyd Holbrook auditioned for Harry Osborn before Dane DeHaan was cast
>Damian Lewis was approached for Electro before Jamie Foxx was cast.
Hudson Ramirez
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
>In early drafts, Spider-Man had a larger role and Prince T'Challa had a minor role. When the deal between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures initially failed, T'Challa's role was expanded, including his transformation into Black Panther. Marvel and Sony later reached an agreement and Spider-Man was reinserted in the script in a smaller role.
>Asa Butterfield, Charlie Rowe, Judah Lewis, Matthew Lintz, Charlie Plummer and Liam James auditioned for Spider-Man before Tom Holland was cast.
Ian Brooks
Projects that almost were.
Spider-Man (1985)
>Written by Leslie Stevens and tentatively directed by Tobe Hooper for Cannon Pictures.
>ID badge photographer Peter Parker is exposed to radiation by a mad scientist and transformed into a monstrous "Spider-Man". He finds out that the scientist is building an army of mutants to conquer the world and confronts the creatures in an underground laboratory, ultimately causing it to collapse, killing himself, the mad scientist and the monsters.
>Stevens wrote the script without any references to Spider-Man. Stan Lee vehemently objected to it and the project was scrapped.
Isaac Martinez
Spider-Man (1987)
>Written by Ted Newsom & John Brancato and tentatively directed by Joseph Zito for Cannon Pictures. Barney Cohen and producer Menahem Golan later revised the script to accomodate for budget demands.
>Peter Parker and one of his teachers, Professor Otto Octavius, are caught in the explosion of a cyclotron. Peter is bitten by a spider irradiated by the machine and becomes Spider-Man, while Octavius's mechanical arms are fused to his spine. Octavius obsessively attempts to reproduce his experiments to open a wormhole, threatening the entire universe, and Spider-Man must stop him.
>Stuntman Scott Leva was slated to play Peter Parker, while Bob Hoskins, Lauren Baccall, Peter Cushing and Albert Caesar where in talks for Otto Octavius, Aunt May, Professor Abraham Rosomorf and NYPD Lieutenant Jake Marotta, respectively.
>Both Zito and Leva dropped out after numerous budget cuts and script rewrites, and the project was scrapped when Cannon Pictures went bankrupt.
Luke Flores
Spider-Man (1996)
>Written and tentatively directed by James Cameron for Carolco Pictures.
>Introverted teenager Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes Spider-Man. After rejecting an offer from Carlton Strand, a businessman with electromagnetic powers, to join a "master race" of superhumans, Spider-Man faces Strand and his enforcer, the sandman Boyd.
>Leonardo DiCaprio was slated to play Peter Parker, with Gloria Stuart in mind for Aunt May.
>The project was scrapped after disagreements between Cameron and Golan led to a decade-long legal battle between numerous studios for the rights to Spider-Man, during which Carolco went bankrupt and Sony ultimate acquired the rights from Marvel Enterprise.
Samuel Sanchez
Spider-Man 4 (2011)
>Written by James Vanderbilt and tentatively directed by Sam Raimi, with further revisions by Steve Kloves, Gary Ross and David Lindsey-Abaire.
>Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson break up, and Peter develops a relationship with Felicia Hardy, the adoptive daughter of businessman Adrian Toomes, the new owner of the Daily Planet, who is also attempting to seize control of New York City's criminal underworld as the Vulture, forcing Spider-Man to find a way to stop him while protecting Felicia.
>Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons were slated to return as Peter Parker, Mary-Jane Warson, Aunt May and J. Jonah Jameson. John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway were in advanced talks for Toomes and Felicia, respectively, and Bruce Campbell was expected to make an appearance as Mysterio.
>The project was scrapped due to disagreements between Raimi and Sony Pictures, which led Raimi to drop out and Sony to move forward with a reboot.
Dylan Sanders
The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (2015)
>Written by Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Jeff Pinkner and tentatively directed by Marc Webb.
>Peter Parker faces the Sinister Six and comes into contact with a mysterious symbiote created by OsCorp, which influences his mind and might even allow him to revive the dead.
>Andrew Garfield and Sally Field were slated to return as Peter Parker and Aunt May, with Dane Dehaan, Emma Stone, Dennis Leary and Martin Sheen in talks to reprise their roles as Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy, Captain George Stacy and Uncle Ben.
>The project was scrapped due to disagreements between Garfield and Sony Pictures over their interference in the previous movies.
Bentley Ramirez
The Sinister Six (2016)
>Written and tentatively directed by Drew Goddard.
>The Sinister Six perform a dangerous heist. After Garfield's departure and the cancellation of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3, the project was retooled into a "backdoor reboot" featuring Spider-Man being forced to join forces with several of his enemies to face a greater threat.
>Logan Lerman and Dylan O'Brien were in Sony's shortlist for Spider-Man. The Sinister Six would feature Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Sandman, Electro and Scorpia.
>The project was scrapped when Sony reached a deal with Marvel Studios to introduce Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Parker Gomez
The Spider-Man Cinematic Universe (2013-2015)
>Developed by Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Jeff Pinkner, Michael France and Drew Goddard as a series of spin-offs of the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN series directed by Marc Webb.
>Webb's THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3 and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 4.
>Drew Goddard's SECRET SIX.
>Alex Kurtzman's VENOM, which would've featured Eddie Brock as an anti-hero.
>A female-oriented movie, tentatively featuring Black Cat or Silver Sable.
>After the franchise was scrapped and Sony greenlit a covert reboot, numerous other projects were entertained, including adaptations of "Kraven's Last Hunt" and "Maximum Carnage", movies for Aunt May and Spider-Man 2099, reviving Gwen Stacy as Carnage to retain Emma Stone, and at the height of their desperation, "Spider-Man VS. The Amazing Spider-Man" with Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man fighting Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man.
Matthew Evans
>"Spider-Man VS. The Amazing Spider-Man" with Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man fighting Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man.
We were robbed. Robbed!
Nathan Campbell
Just another reboot, and we could have our Spiderverse!
Ayden Ward
Thank fucking God Roland Emmerich stayed away from it. I just watched independence day 2 and holy shit it was almost unwatchable. No likeable characters, no good action, a waste of good story potential. Holy fuck what a terrible director.
Elijah Wood
The Vulture sucks. Sam should have went with The Lizard, considering he had Curt Conners in Spider-Man 2 and 3.
Carter Powell
I wonder how bad Doc Ock would've looked?
Jack Rogers
I want this movie so badly.
Evan Brown
I wonder how different things would be if they got the Wolverine cameo
Connor Baker
The closest thing we have is a special semi-cameo Spider-Man had in one of the first X-Men films (probably the second one but not sure) in which the hero mutants are running towards the camera in a hallway and all of the sudden spidey appears running with them in the back, but it was only bloopers for the movie.
Do not know the intent, or if it was just a cast member pulling a gag, but the video is there.
>tfw no David Fincher Oscar-Bait Spider-Man just kill me senpai
Nathaniel Bennett
This could've been pretty fun. I hope something like this happens down the line.
Owen Robinson
>daily planet
Jacob Howard
Wasn't there another script made by James Cameron where Doctor Octopus also gets the bite and goes around calling himself "The superior Spider"?
Ian Edwards
>but this was changed as it made Peter indirectly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin. What is fucking wrong with that?
Jackson Anderson
Salty as god damn fuck this universe isn't continuing.
Jose James
Stargate was good. And Godzilla 1998 had problems but it's direction wasn't bad at all.
Landon Morris
They could very well be recycling the script for the MCU.
Kayden Jones
Yeah but it won't be handled as seriously. It will be retrofited to be campy dreck.
Chase Davis
That was Zito's version. Cameron revised the script before convincing Carolco to scrap it altogether. He only really added his name and changed a few lines of dislogue.
Asher Thomas
>Secret Six Catman in Spider-Man when
Lincoln Roberts
>grim hunt and maximum carnage
The only two things I would've liked to have seen.
Andrew Scott
>they were trying to overstuff Spider-Man movies with villains right from the start
Julian Long
It could happen now if the guy who played Japanese Spider-Man is still alive.
Ayden Roberts
Wow, I've never seen an Amazing Spider-Man fan before. How does it feel to enjoy a series when everyone else is glad that it died?
Josiah Green
Did they ever release the Gambit scene?
Daniel Harris
Me too user. Me too
William Wood
How would two spidermen even work? Spiderverse movie?
Jordan Lee
Spot would've been the main villain.
Connor Thompson
I actually love stargate. But ID: Resurgence, Whitehouse down, 8 legged freaks, 2012 are all dumpster fire movies. Like, abysmal.
Charles Miller
"2012" is kino.
Chase Cooper
Would Spot's powers actually allow him to travel between the Raimiverse and Amazingverse?
Aiden Gutierrez
>Columbus >Emmerich >Lee >Burton It's shit
>de Bont >Scott >Fincher Potential
>Shyamalan Would be interested just to see how the hell he did it
I would not have traded Raimi for any of these guys.
Levi Garcia
>Would be interested just to see how the hell he did it
Peter was the spider all along.
David Stewart
>Columbus
The first two Harry Potter movies were great.
>Burton
Batman and Batman Returns were also great though I definitely would worry about him going too "Burton" if given Spider-Man.
Aaron Hughes
>>Sony merged Marc Webb's ideas for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, featuring Electro and Rhino; and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3, featuring the Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy's death, into one movie in order to build up to the Sinister Six and other spin-offs and compete with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
And where's Sinister Six and Amazing Spiderman 3? They got rid of two movies in hoping to make a franchise and wound up with nothing!
Oliver Foster
Drake Bell.
Ryan Peterson
Sinister 6 is still in development at sony. We may very well get a MCU sinister 6 movie.
Lincoln Gray
It would've been shit and you know it.
Jackson Jones
what a fucking mess, i´m glad this series is dead, not that homecoming is looking any good but it´s certainly better than this garbage and that´s saying something
John Richardson
It isn't, actually.
Luke Jackson
I doubt Marvel would let 6 characters in that they couldn't control, but even if a new Sinsiter Six movie is made, it will have as little to do with the original Sinister Six movie as Superman Lives has with Supeman Vs. Batman.
Alexander Rivera
>In early drafts, Otto Octavius is a handsome young scientist who created the spider that bit Peter and who becomes involved with Mary Jane. He spirals into insanity after becoming addicted to endorphins that are released into his system when he uses his mechanical arms, which end up fused to his spine in a fight with Spider-Man. He then becomes obsessed with capturing Spider-Man and using his spine fluid to cure himself. Jesus Christ, I'm always amazed by how many bullets a movie has to dodge to come out good.
Daniel Ramirez
>Bruce Campbell was expected to make an appearance as Mysterio. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Logan Wood
B-but all of this sounds so much better than what we got!
