Years before Sam Raimi ushered in the age of the superhero with his "Spider-Man" trilogy, director James Cameron also had New York's resident web-slinger in his sights. Sadly, we never did get to see Leonardo DiCaprio in the role of Peter Parker — and these are the reasons why.

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The script was too edgy | 0:00
Budget issues | 1:22
Questionable casting | 2:11
Litigation over film rights | 3:19
It would've needed sequels | 4:21
Diverging from the comics | 5:14
Spider-Man? More like Spider-Kid | 6:27
Cameron's concept art | 7:30
Cameron is done with superheroes | 8:12

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