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Spider-Man Cannon poster

Spider-Man: The Movie is a proposed adaptation of the Marvel comic book character Spider-Man which was scheduled to be released around Christmas of 1986. The film's stars would include Scott Leva as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and the late Bob Hoskins as Doc Ock and would be directed by Joseph Zito.

Plot[]

The plot would the followed comic book plus the 2002 film, but with Doc Ock.

Why It Was Cancelled[]

  • In the 1980s, almost all of the films distributed by Cannon Pictures were box office failures, the most notable ones being Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Masters of the Universe.
  • Elements of the movie were reworked into the 1989 movie Cyborg, which was also made by Cannon Pictures.
  • Cannon Pictures went out of business in 1994.

Results[]

  • This version was permanently cancelled.
  • Scenes that were going to be in this version went into the making of Cyborg.
  • In 2002, Columbia Pictures released Spider-Man into theaters.
  • Doc Ock appears in the sequel "Spider-Man 2" released in 2004.

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