WHAT? Wow, must have been when you didn't have the internet, and still lived in that cave of yours.

James Cameron announced he was going to direct SPIDER-MAN after the phenominal box-office of TERMINATOR 2 in 1991. It was expected for 1993/1994.

But then the snag came with the rights issues with MGM, SONY, and bankrupted Carolco. Cameron made TRUE LIES for 1994 while the rights issues were worked out.

By 1996 when Cameron shot TITANIC, they weren't cleared up. Afterwards, he washed his hands of it by the the late 1990s.

He wrote a treatment you can find on the internet.