Read David Koepp's Unproduced Script For Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN 2
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 was a great sequel, and is still to this day considered to be one of the best comic book films to be made. But, things could have played out a lot differently if Sony Pictures and Raimi would have used David Koepp’s original script for the film.
It was titled Amazing Spider-Man, and he wrote it in 2002. He has shared the entire script online for you to read right here.
This film would have introduced Gwen Stacy and Eddie Brock, both of which ended up appearing in Spider-Man 3. When previously talking about his initial plans for the Spider-Man trilogy, Koepp said:
“Basically [my trilogy idea] was the telling of the Gwen Stacey/Harry Osborn story but I spaced everything out differently. I wanted Gwen to be killed in the middle of the second movie, because that follows sort of the Empire Strikes Back model, and I had different villains I wanted to use. Just a different way to tell that story.”
The story still features Doctor Octopus as the villain, but he has a connection to Peter Parker’s parents. Koepp’s script also includes Peter dating Gwen Stacy, the death of Captain Stacy, Harry Osborn and J. Jonah Jameson offering a $10 million prize for Spider-Man’s identity.
If you’re curious to see how this alternate story would have played out, read the script!