Will James Cameron stay on Pandora for the rest of his life? When the filmmaker is busy with the Avatar sequels, he dreams of a project that is particularly close to his heart.
With worldwide sales in excess of $2 billion, Avatar 2 accomplished its mission of becoming the world’s third highest-grossing film of all time.
Its director, James Cameron, who has begun work on several sequels, has a busy schedule for the next few years. However, the filmmaker dreams of a project that is particularly close to his heart: The Last Train from Hiroshima.
When asked by the Los Angeles Times, the director expressed his desire to take part in this war film.
“With the war in Ukraine or the resurgence of nationalism, we live in a more precarious world than we thought. And I think the film about Hiroshima would be more relevant than ever,” the filmmaker confided.
“It reminds people of what these weapons are actually doing when used against human targets,” he added.
With the war in Ukraine or the resurgence of nationalism, we live in a more precarious world than we thought. And I think the film about Hiroshima would be more relevant than ever.
The Last Train from Hiroshima would be an adaptation of the book of the same name by Charles R. Pellegrino. The book tells of the events of August 1945 in Japan and the two atomic bombs dropped by the USA on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In 2010, James Cameron also met the last survivor of this tragedy, Tsutomu Yamaguchi. This project has therefore been on the director’s mind for several years. Will he have time to set it up?
Nothing is less certain as his agenda is overloaded with Avatar 3, 4 and 5. But perhaps he will delegate directing these sequels to focus on The Last Train from Hiroshima.
If Cameron is interested in this topic, so is Christopher Nolan with his next feature film Oppenheimer. The film will be released on July 19th.