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Michael Chabon's Unused Screenplay For SPIDER-MAN 2 Is Online!! For Now, At Least...


Merrick here...

I've always been intrigued by the alternate takes/near misses/"what ifs" accompanying huge film and TV projects...so this was of immediate interest to me. Thought I'd pass it along...

Michael Chabon's unused script for SPIDER-MAN 2 is online over at mcsweeneys.net. Their introduction reads thusly:


In honor of Maps and Legends, Michael Chabon's first book of nonfiction, which features a pretty amazing three-tiered die-cut jacket by Jordan Crane, and is available now, here—in honor of all that, we present the following Maps and Legends bonus material: Chabon's screenplay for Spider-Man 2. Chabon was the third of four screenwriters assigned to the project; he ultimately received shared "screen story" credit. As far as we know, this script hasn't been seen anywhere else, and it won't be seen here for long.

You can find Chabon's screenplay (in .pdf form)...


HERE!!!

Thanks to everyone who pointed us towards this.



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yes!
by seabiscuits
Apr 11th, 2008
12:20:10 PM
Suh-weet!
by RenoNevada2000
Apr 11th, 2008
12:20:37 PM
Not on Simplyscripts yet? :)
by Stalin vs Predator
Apr 11th, 2008
12:20:58 PM
Now get on that Frank Darabont INDY 4 screenplay
by bluraymondchandler
Apr 11th, 2008
12:21:25 PM
And speaking of Sam Hamm...
by Stalin vs Predator
Apr 11th, 2008
12:22:28 PM
chabon is a god among men
by mmaddox3
Apr 11th, 2008
12:22:54 PM
There's still a great Spider-Man film out there...
by eggart
Apr 11th, 2008
12:29:22 PM
MJ: "Do I get to see the Spider-Cave?"
by ShiftyEyedDog2
Apr 11th, 2008
12:34:15 PM
Chabon's books must be shelved by their lonesome...
by rbatty024
Apr 11th, 2008
12:39:58 PM
Did Chabon write in . . .
by Nice Marmot
Apr 11th, 2008
12:41:53 PM
"Get away from Otto, bitch!"
by Andre the Frog
Apr 11th, 2008
12:43:13 PM
On a side note;
by tolomey
Apr 11th, 2008
12:44:21 PM
Anyone read his treatment for Fantastic Four?
by Bass Ackwards
Apr 11th, 2008
12:44:58 PM
Re: Samm Hamm...
by rbatty024
Apr 11th, 2008
12:46:30 PM
From just glancing over it....
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
12:49:23 PM
The end is WAY better in the film version
by HardcoreRocker
Apr 11th, 2008
12:53:52 PM
The guy from The Shield wrote this?
by Baron Karza
Apr 11th, 2008
12:53:56 PM
That's Michael CHIKLIS, Baron Karza
by ShiftyEyedDog2
Apr 11th, 2008
12:54:58 PM
What's the hate for the cak eating scene all about?
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
12:56:47 PM
I always saw the landlord's daughter...
by rbatty024
Apr 11th, 2008
12:57:29 PM
I thought the landlord's daughter...
by Gilkuliehe
Apr 11th, 2008
12:57:42 PM
grat=great, slinny=skinny
by Gilkuliehe
Apr 11th, 2008
12:59:12 PM
I'd stick it in the landlord's daughter a few times.
by Mike_D
Apr 11th, 2008
12:59:29 PM
the script was never in consideration.
by I87D
Apr 11th, 2008
01:04:03 PM
dare I ask it?
by durhay
Apr 11th, 2008
01:08:34 PM
Unused "Step Up 2: The Streets" script onine!
by TheBloop
Apr 11th, 2008
01:10:19 PM
Yeah, Really, when's the payoff with the Landlord's Daughter plo
by cookylamoo
Apr 11th, 2008
01:13:39 PM
wow that script was horrible...
by JBouganim1
Apr 11th, 2008
01:29:53 PM
Thusly is NOT a real word!
by The Gospel According to Bastardface
Apr 11th, 2008
01:30:42 PM
Speaking of scripts in limbo...
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
01:34:53 PM
They need to start making ALL comic movies...
by Mosquito March
Apr 11th, 2008
01:39:33 PM
How about a Ghostbusters 3 script?
by Flint_Ironstag
Apr 11th, 2008
01:50:14 PM
In the Next Spider-Man.
by Smerdyakov
Apr 11th, 2008
01:51:07 PM
That...really wasn't very good.
by 7pointedstar
Apr 11th, 2008
01:54:12 PM
tolomey and other cunts
by youhatestarwars
Apr 11th, 2008
02:00:52 PM
rbatty024...
by Calico Pete
Apr 11th, 2008
02:22:55 PM
Awesome
by maximoffvonklaw
Apr 11th, 2008
02:26:37 PM
I haven't read a lot of scripts, but...
by Flint_Ironstag
Apr 11th, 2008
02:36:10 PM
Slumlords Daughter
by Outburst
Apr 11th, 2008
02:42:16 PM
Wow. Old scripts for movies already made...
by HExTeXly
Apr 11th, 2008
02:45:20 PM
Reboot?
by Outburst
Apr 11th, 2008
02:51:49 PM
Calico...
by rbatty024
Apr 11th, 2008
02:53:27 PM
Hated all of the Spiderman Movies...
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
02:57:09 PM
You guys come on! Cake scene:
by krushjudgement
Apr 11th, 2008
02:57:28 PM
I have no apoligies for hating these movies either...
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
03:01:23 PM
Speaking of unproduced scripts...
by successor
Apr 11th, 2008
03:02:19 PM
If you want it in a better format...
by Siguy
Apr 11th, 2008
03:04:10 PM
the landlord's daughter...
by nightmute
Apr 11th, 2008
03:06:58 PM
Who Cares About Peter and Mary Jane?!
by tvspace
Apr 11th, 2008
03:18:25 PM
"I waisted a total of $30 buying tickets to these pieces of tras
by cookylamoo
Apr 11th, 2008
03:21:39 PM
I'm sorry, Spider-hearing?
by Reel American Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
03:32:15 PM
if you don't "get" the cake scene,
by Shigeru
Apr 11th, 2008
03:32:34 PM
So what...
by pk68
Apr 11th, 2008
03:35:12 PM
Spider-Man 3 Biff analogy.
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 11th, 2008
03:35:44 PM
Tobey Maguire has a speech impediment?
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
03:43:52 PM
The 90s Batman movies were CRAP.
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 11th, 2008
03:47:25 PM
I've said it before...
by www.valiens.com
Apr 11th, 2008
03:49:45 PM
It' can't be any worse than the one they used, can it?
by Yeti
Apr 11th, 2008
04:07:28 PM
I've read the Darabont "Indy 4" script
by darthvedder81
Apr 11th, 2008
04:11:16 PM
I'm glad they didn't use this draft.
by Reel American Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
04:44:17 PM
TOBEY'S UPPER LIP DOES NOT MOVE
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
04:50:38 PM
This TB...
by WickedMonster
Apr 11th, 2008
04:53:14 PM
Hey, Underoos...
by Frijole
Apr 11th, 2008
04:53:29 PM
Spidy 3 was like three beautful women
by cookylamoo
Apr 11th, 2008
04:54:57 PM
Frijole I am so sad and ashamed.
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
04:57:53 PM
Paul Giamatti...
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:03:58 PM
Hannah Montana RAWKS!!
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:05:59 PM
Not impressed
by exie
Apr 11th, 2008
05:12:13 PM
I prefer the landlord's daughter to Kirsten Dunst
by ShiftyEyedDog2
Apr 11th, 2008
05:12:35 PM
Shiffty
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:14:49 PM
I don't know...
by second cousin of phartegod
Apr 11th, 2008
05:16:14 PM
Never noticed the upper lip thing if there is a thing...
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
05:22:15 PM
IAmJack'sUserID
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:23:42 PM
drewlicious
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:24:49 PM
IAmJack'sUserID one more thing...
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:26:46 PM
"Acting" like his upper lip didn't move.
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:30:52 PM
IAmJack'sUserID One Last thing you little Fag you..
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:33:41 PM
Gotham_Night
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
05:41:31 PM
drewlicious
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:43:54 PM
Watch...Example...
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
05:46:00 PM
Yes, he was playing a teenager however.....
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
05:52:08 PM
I'll throw my hate in with those who liked Spidey 3.
by rbatty024
Apr 11th, 2008
06:08:48 PM
Hat, not hate.
by rbatty024
Apr 11th, 2008
06:11:08 PM
I fail to see how my criticisms are invalid
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
06:19:06 PM
Phoenixmagi, people don't like scenes they don't...
by rbatty024
Apr 11th, 2008
06:19:41 PM
Don't hate Emo
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
06:19:46 PM
drewlicious
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
06:20:52 PM
Re: Burton Films
by Err
Apr 11th, 2008
06:24:52 PM
I think I might have cried when Spider-Man 3 was over.
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 11th, 2008
06:32:12 PM
Re: ZeroCorpse
by Err
Apr 11th, 2008
06:33:51 PM
Zerocorpse
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
06:39:32 PM
Sam Raimi might have raped you but....
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
06:42:09 PM
I loved the Quick and the Dead!
by Err
Apr 11th, 2008
06:50:11 PM
Love the old SPaghetti Westerns...
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
06:50:50 PM
Avi Arad
by Rufferto
Apr 11th, 2008
06:51:49 PM
BRUNOMAC
by Rufferto
Apr 11th, 2008
06:56:56 PM
NO PROB BUD
by Rufferto
Apr 11th, 2008
06:57:59 PM
Next Marvel Movie: Howard the Duck reboot!
by Err
Apr 11th, 2008
06:58:18 PM
The threefers
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
06:58:35 PM
This is awesome!!!
by jaws8u
Apr 11th, 2008
06:58:41 PM
Spiderman 3 is likeTim Story raped me
by wash
Apr 11th, 2008
07:01:32 PM
Spiderman 3 made my heart cry
by liljuniorbrown
Apr 11th, 2008
07:05:06 PM
i was probably thinking of Forbush man
by Rufferto
Apr 11th, 2008
07:05:21 PM

by Rufferto
Apr 11th, 2008
07:06:56 PM
Yeah Bruno
by Rufferto
Apr 11th, 2008
07:16:46 PM
Brunomac
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
07:24:23 PM
And you know who my Professor X was?
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
07:27:52 PM
Please stop referring to those films as "X-Men"...
by Err
Apr 11th, 2008
07:28:34 PM
Tobey Maguire can be funny
by drewlicious
Apr 11th, 2008
07:29:00 PM
Err
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
07:31:04 PM
Gwai Lo...
by Err
Apr 11th, 2008
07:32:15 PM
Cyclops should have been more badass.
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
07:35:55 PM
Spider-Man 3 was like hearing one poster fantasize about being
by Smerdyakov
Apr 11th, 2008
07:37:12 PM
Cyclops is better than Wolverine...
by Err
Apr 11th, 2008
07:43:56 PM
Boy, talk about great musical and dancing numbers...
by uss cygnus
Apr 11th, 2008
07:48:45 PM
Don't even get me started on Storm.
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
07:53:58 PM
Wolverine's main power is healing.
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
07:56:33 PM
Interesting...
by NubtheSquirrel
Apr 11th, 2008
07:59:32 PM
Can't they just get comic writers to write comic screenplays?
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
08:06:36 PM
Now that I'm reading this screenplay...
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
08:15:21 PM
Iman shouldve been Storm
by RoarsLoudly
Apr 11th, 2008
08:15:27 PM
You're forgetting one thing
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
08:19:09 PM
Brunomac
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
08:24:19 PM
THE ONLY GOOD COMIC MOVIES ARE...
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
08:27:44 PM
Underoos?
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
08:33:32 PM
Brunomac
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
08:33:54 PM
I'd be happy to write something for Marvel
by Gwai Lo
Apr 11th, 2008
08:34:50 PM
Gwai Lo
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
08:35:40 PM
Thanks for the link!
by Laserbrain
Apr 11th, 2008
08:38:36 PM
Brunomac
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
08:40:10 PM
threw it in the list...correction
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
08:40:56 PM
Spider-Man 3 is like being brought off
by misnomer
Apr 11th, 2008
09:03:30 PM

by misnomer
Apr 11th, 2008
09:05:56 PM
Spider-Man 3 is like Superman III & IV
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 11th, 2008
09:41:43 PM
Holy Shit! it's called rumors (read asshole)
by future help
Apr 11th, 2008
09:55:38 PM
Im not your Bitch, Friend
by future help
Apr 11th, 2008
10:21:03 PM
I'm not your hero, fag
by Underoos Hero
Apr 11th, 2008
11:02:36 PM
deliciously_mentally_deficient _cowbell
by quantize
Apr 12th, 2008
12:18:11 AM
I didn't read it ,but...
by DanielKurland
Apr 12th, 2008
01:11:52 AM
SPIDER-MAN 2 WAS LIKE GREAT SEX
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 12th, 2008
01:21:28 AM
a Spider Cave would be class
by mrbong
Apr 12th, 2008
01:33:32 AM
BLUE HORSESHOE LOVES IRON MAN
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 12th, 2008
01:48:26 AM
my recollection of spidey 3 is a little fuzzy, but
by vaudeville villain
Apr 12th, 2008
02:44:19 AM
ChocolateReign
by Gwai Lo
Apr 12th, 2008
03:03:57 AM
Spidey 2 = great fun, Spidey 3 = great crap...
by Motoko Kusanagi
Apr 12th, 2008
03:27:03 AM
Raimi's DRAG ME TO HELL...
by Ambush_Bug
Apr 12th, 2008
03:43:47 AM
What *was* the deal with Macy Gray?
by BenBraddock
Apr 12th, 2008
04:01:02 AM
Snouts
by maxcadyuk
Apr 12th, 2008
04:02:51 AM
ZeroCorpse is right all old live action batmans are crap
by angrykirby.tk
Apr 12th, 2008
05:22:14 AM
I like camerons spidey script
by angrykirby.tk
Apr 12th, 2008
05:24:45 AM
This script is hardly alternate....
by Seph_J
Apr 12th, 2008
06:33:35 AM
Spider-Man 4?
by DocPazuzu
Apr 12th, 2008
06:42:22 AM
RE: Peter eating cake with the landlord's daughter
by Silver_Joo
Apr 12th, 2008
06:44:18 AM
Just couldn't do it...
by Roland_The_Gunslinger
Apr 12th, 2008
08:07:20 AM
SPIDER-MAN VS. MURDER-SET-PIECES NAZI SERIAL SNUFF KILLER
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 12th, 2008
08:09:15 AM
PIZZA YURT!
by ironic_name
Apr 12th, 2008
09:16:05 AM
I would like to eat the landlord's daughter's cookie
by ironic_name
Apr 12th, 2008
10:37:30 AM
"attention! I am a mad scientist and am looking for spiderman."
by ironic_name
Apr 12th, 2008
10:41:13 AM
Batman Forever had Geraldo Rivera in it?
by rbatty024
Apr 12th, 2008
01:57:36 PM
Not bad, Bodet...
by DocPazuzu
Apr 12th, 2008
04:31:28 PM
You folks who defend Spidey 3...
by DocPazuzu
Apr 12th, 2008
04:35:44 PM
Raimi got one good pic...
by poeticwarriorII
Apr 12th, 2008
05:23:56 PM
And this folks is why I've hate this francise.
by Dokkalvar
Apr 12th, 2008
05:55:42 PM
Those who hate all 3 films.....
by dotdfan
Apr 12th, 2008
07:42:42 PM
Just finished reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by samsquanch
Apr 12th, 2008
08:06:03 PM
Peter Parker is supposed to be homely...not Tobey Maguire homely
by Alice Cooper Stalker
Apr 12th, 2008
08:31:16 PM
wankers
by Mr_X
Apr 12th, 2008
08:37:50 PM
The amazing thing about Spiderman 2 was the shear number...
by rbatty024
Apr 13th, 2008
08:21:42 AM
I really like Raimi's take Spiderman..but
by Sparhawk38
Apr 13th, 2008
09:16:55 AM
Look we all know comic
by Nabster
Apr 13th, 2008
10:38:41 AM
I actually liked Spider-man 2
by PirateEmery
Apr 13th, 2008
12:08:37 PM
Which makes me wonder why this story exists...
by PirateEmery
Apr 13th, 2008
12:16:56 PM
Cameron's Spider-man
by David Cloverfield
Apr 13th, 2008
05:33:22 PM
It obviously wouldn't have made it into the final product
by David Cloverfield
Apr 13th, 2008
06:11:01 PM
Chabon's version pretty good...
by nicky
Apr 13th, 2008
07:52:18 PM
Could we maybe now have a spiderman movie...
by MJohnson
Apr 13th, 2008
09:04:01 PM
samsquanch
by lensproject
Apr 13th, 2008
09:46:42 PM
lensproject
by samsquanch
Apr 14th, 2008
04:20:03 AM
Holee shit...
by samsquanch
Apr 14th, 2008
04:22:30 AM

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