Filmmaker James Cameron remains set to direct the next “Avatar” films in the future. However, with the third film and part of the fourth already shot, he has some breathing room before the remainder of the fourth and fifth are to be filmed.
Speaking with The Los Angeles Times, the filmmaker revealed he would like to find time to direct a different, comparatively smaller project prior to re-starting his “Avatar” filming commitments.
Specifically he cites an adaptation to Charles R. Pellegrino’s nonfiction novel “The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Lost Book” as what he’d like a crack at. Cameron optioned the film rights to the book back in 2010.
The story follows life in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the times preceding, during, and following the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Japan by the United States. The story focuses on various survivors including Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person verified to have survived the impact of both attacks.
Speaking about his interest, Cameron says
“We live in a more precarious world than we thought we did. I think the Hiroshima film would be as timely as ever, if not more so. It reminds people what these weapons really do when they’re used against human targets.”
Cameron’s third “Avatar” film is slated to hit cinemas in December next year with the fourth and fifth arriving in 2026 & 2028.
