Although James Cameron would ultimately step away from his silver-screened vision of Spider-Man, his influence can still be felt in 2002's Spider-Man which was directed by Sam Raimi. According to the film's screenwriter, David Koepp, one idea Cameron had became rooted in the movie: organic web-shooters.
Koepp recalled in a recent Zoom interview that Cameron's treatment for his take on the popular Marvel comic book was "very influential" to how the movie turned out. The screenwriter shared how he had been moved by how rooted and serious Cameron's approach to Peter Parker and Spider-Man were. He explained how this fundamental treatment of the character was something most superhero movies were missing at the time.
As a lifelong Spider-Man fan, Koepp confessed that he had his own specific ideas about what the movie should have been like, but couldn't deny that Cameron's treatment presented something unique and different: "It took Peter seriously as a character and it took a superhero movie seriously as a genre. And you hadn't seen that before."
He explained how, when he was writing Spider-Man, Cameron's treatment came at a time when "there hadn't been a good superhero movie since probably the second Batman," noting how X-Men had yet to be released.
Regarding Cameron's divisive take on Spider-Man's web-shooters, Koepp shared how he personally liked the idea. Acknowledging how some fans weren't so keen, he fully credited Cameron with the organic web-shooters and noted he was happy to use them in his version of the character as he swung through New York, captivating fans and capturing their imaginations in the same way PlayStation's hit game, Marvel's Spider-Man has managed to.
Spider-Man is currently available on Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming services.
Source: IGN