The Town podcast with Matthew Belloni<\/a>.<\/p>\nThis update follows Cameron optioned the film rights to author Charles Pellegrino’s 2010 book of the same name. The movie will chronicle the true story of a man who survived the bomb blast in Hiroshima and boarded a train to Nagasaki. He then survived another bomb blast at Nagasaki.<\/p>\n
When he first landed the film rights to Pellegrino’s book, the helmer didn’t state when the screen adaption would go into production. Cameron wanted to shoot Last Train From Hiroshima<\/em><\/strong> during a break between making his Avatar<\/em> sequels.<\/p>\nCameron also told The Town<\/em><\/strong> podcast that he delayed production on Last Train From Hiroshima<\/em><\/strong> in part because he has several other projects in development.\u00a0“I have ten other projects, that one (Last Train From Hiroshima<\/strong><\/em>) just sort of hit the headlines briefly because of the book announcement and trying to push the book to a best seller because the author is a friend of mine,” he explained.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n\n
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“Doesn’t mean I’m not going to make the film, but I haven’t written the script and it’s not slated right now, and I don’t even have a distribution partner on it. So it’s a pretty much a vaporware project right now. I’ve got a couple of other projects that I’ve purchased or optioned or written,” the Emmy-winning filmmaker added.<\/p>\n
The Titanic<\/em><\/strong> director also added that he want to avoid drawing any direct political lines within Last Train From Hiroshima<\/strong><\/em>. “I just think it’s so important right now for people to remember what these weapons do. This is the only case where they’ve been used against a human target. Setting aside all the politics and the fact that I’m going to make a film about Japanese people.”<\/p>\nThe filmmaker also noted that when he does begin working on Last Train From Hiroshima<\/strong><\/em>, he “wants to keep it as a kind of neutral witness to an event that actually happened to human beings.” He added that he also hopes he “can keep that flame alive, that memory.”<\/p>\nCameron’s next movie is the epic sci-fi feature, Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/b><\/i>. He co-wrote the screenplay for the third entry in the Avatar<\/b><\/i> series with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. Cameron also helmed and produced the franchise’s second sequel. 20th Century Studios will release the film in U.S. theaters on December 19.<\/p>\n
If you liked this article, please share your comment below.<\/strong><\/p>\nCheck out more of Karen Benardello’s<\/a>\u00a0articles.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/ins>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9Courtesy of National Geographic James Cameron has shared that production on his long-in-development\u00a0movie, Last Train From Hiroshima, has once again stalled. The Oscar-winning director shared the news during a recent appearance on The Town podcast with Matthew Belloni. This update follows Cameron optioned the film rights to author Charles Pellegrino’s 2010 book of the same…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1733,2126,23716,2123,28914],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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