As the clock ticks down toward the December start date of James Cameron's next project, the director is shifting his full attention from "Battle Angel" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Although he has publicly identified that film as his next movie, he also is readying a parallel project, tentatively titled "Project 880," according to sources at Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment. Cameron could decide to film that feature before tackling "Battle Angel," which has proved to be a difficult script to adapt from Yukito Kishiro's 12 popular Japanese graphic novels. Cameron has reworked a script from "Alexander" screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis that could serve as the beginning of a franchise.
Both films would be shot in 3-D with custom-designed high-definition cameras. Whichever film Cameron does next, he also plans to use a photo-real version of the performance capture technology used by Robert Zemeckis on "The Polar Express." Cameron also has been developing an underwater adventure, "The Dive," with screenwriter Dana Stevens ("City of Angels"). Rights have only recently been disentangled and because that script is not ready, it is not one of the two projects Cameron is readying, Lightstorm said.
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