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The 1980s were a strange time , and they just develop a hell of a lot weirder with the news that Tobe Hooper ofThe Texas Chain meet Massacrefame very nearly directed a bizarreSpider - Manhorror motion-picture show during the decade of poorly - fatten out fashion trends . These day the films rights forSpider - Manare in the open hands of Sony and Marvel , who are pumping out quality film likeSpider - Man : Homecomingand its much - anticipated , shortly - to - be release sequelSpider - Man : Far From Home . This was n’t always the fount , however .
Before Columbia laid call to the WWW - sling son wonderment and madeSam Raimi’sSpider - Mantrilogyand Marc Webb’sAmazing Spider - Manreboot , Spidey ’s picture show rights were – for a short magic spell – owned by B - movie legend Roger Corman . take that Corman ’s later brushing with the superhero genre resulted inthe 1994Fantastic Fourmovie – a motion-picture show so disastrous it was never released – it ’s probably near that nothing get of his brief possession of Spidey . The now defunct Cannon Films were next in line after secure a five - twelvemonth choice period from Marvel for a ( rather measly by today ’s standard ) $ 225,000 . But estimate by Cannon ’s plan forSpider - Manthe superhero may have been in safe hands with Corman .
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fit in toDigital Spy , Cannon envisioned aSpider - Manfilm with a totally different take on his origins drafted byThe Outer Limitscreator Leslie Stevens . Rather than a radioactive spider being the causal agency of his transformation , Cannon’sSpider - Manwould see Peter Parker - here an ID lensman rather than a journalist or student - on purpose blitzed with radiation by an evil corporate scientist name Dr. Zork . And rather than a agile , crack - suitable superhero with awe - inspiring powers , Parker turns into a monstrous human - wanderer hybrid so unspeakable he becomes suicidal . Turns out the evil Dr Zork has only produce this Spider - Man - Monster to lead his race of mutants but - having ostensibly preserved some of his humanity - Parker refuses and destroys the mutants instead . And who was the idealistic director to carry out this visual sensation ? Tobe Hooper , of course , who at the time was progress to hisunderrated sequelThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 .
It ’s an undoubtedly weird conception for aSpider - Manmovie , but perhaps not so bizarre considering Cannon Films were fertile Bel - movie manufacturer themselves , creditworthy for such dubiously titled moving-picture show asNew Year ’s EvilandThe Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood . Not to bring up the company was also behind thelegendarily awfulSuperman IV : The Quest for Peace- a moving picture so high-risk , it ’s arguably even worse than Corman’sFantastic Four .
Luckily the late , great Stan Lee put the kibosh on Cannon ’s plan , and this oddSpider - Manhorror motion-picture show never saw the luminance of day . Which was plausibly for the best as Cannon ’s interpretation ofSpider - Man- an actual man fused with a spider as opposed to a man with spider - same superhero abilities - was just a tad too literal . One question what variety of abomination Cannon would ’ve come up with if they ’d optioned the right toBatman .
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author : Digital Spy
