Earlier, we reported about James Cameron making a film adaptation of Charles Pellegrino's upcoming book 'Ghosts of Hiroshima'. A while ago, Cameron took to social media to share a few thoughts about the book, which is now available for buyers, and the upcoming film. Calling it an "extraordinary new book," Cameron said that he is looking forward to directing the film based on it. "I'm attracted to great stories and not since Titanic have I found a true story as powerful as this one," the filmmaker added.
Cameron is set to direct the film based on the aforesaid book and Pellegrino's own Last Train From Hiroshima. Recently, Cameron revealed that the upcoming project might become the lowest-grossing feature in his filmography. The book, and by extension the film, is based on the bombings on Hiroshima. The film will follow a real man from Japan who endured the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. It reunites Cameron with Pellegrino after Titanic and Avatar, where the latter served as a science consultant.
Cameron recently criticised Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer for how it explored the subject matter, although he admired Nolan's filmmaking for it. At the same time, the filmmaker promised to explore the atomic bombings and how they affect the victims in a direct and unflinching manner.
The release of Pellegrino's book coincides with 80 years since the Hiroshima bombings.
Cameron is expected to start production on Ghosts of Hiroshima according to when his Avatar franchise commitments permits the same.
