James Cameron submitted an undated 47-page "scriptment" with an alternate story (the copyright registration was dated 1991), part screenplay, part narrative story outline.[4] The "scriptment" told the Spider-Man origin, but used variations on the comic book characters Electro and Sandman as villains. This "Electro" (named Carlton Strand, instead of Max Dillion) was a megalomaniacal parody of corrupt capitalists. Instead of Flint Marko's character, Cameron’s "Sandman" (simply named Boyd) is mutated by an accident involving Philadelphia Experiment-style bilocation and atom-mixing, in lieu of getting caught in a nuclear blast on a beach. The story climaxes with a battle atop the World Trade Center and had Peter Parker revealing his identity to Mary Jane Watson. In addition, the treatment was also heavy on profanity, and had Spider-Man and Mary Jane having sex.James Cameron's alleged choice for the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man was Leonardo DiCaprio, whom he later cast in TITANIC. I tried to do something simple with the poster and intentionally used some dated techniques in order to achieve something that looked similar to feature artwork released during the 90s. The idea was to mimic the style of "alternative" comic book/pulp films like THE SHADOW.
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