With Deadpool’s Tim Miller at the helm, Cameron is ‘hands-on’ producer as he focuses on Avatar 2. It had better be worth it
When Avatar 2 finally hits cinemas (the projected release date is now 18 December 2020), it may well have a lot to answer for. Without James Cameron’s decade-long mission to bring us a follow-up as technically groundbreaking as the original 2009 film, this time without stealing the entire plot of FernGully: The Last Rainforest, it’s easy to imagine an alternative reality in which Alita: Battle Angel was hailed as the greatest manga-inspired sci-fi smackdown since Akira. Instead, the version overseen by stand-in Robert Rodriguez (because Cameron was too busy perfecting the CGI swell and ebb of Pandora’s oceans to direct his own pet project) has received a distinctly lukewarm reception.
It’s also possible we might have Cameron in charge of the new Terminator movie, whose...
When Avatar 2 finally hits cinemas (the projected release date is now 18 December 2020), it may well have a lot to answer for. Without James Cameron’s decade-long mission to bring us a follow-up as technically groundbreaking as the original 2009 film, this time without stealing the entire plot of FernGully: The Last Rainforest, it’s easy to imagine an alternative reality in which Alita: Battle Angel was hailed as the greatest manga-inspired sci-fi smackdown since Akira. Instead, the version overseen by stand-in Robert Rodriguez (because Cameron was too busy perfecting the CGI swell and ebb of Pandora’s oceans to direct his own pet project) has received a distinctly lukewarm reception.
It’s also possible we might have Cameron in charge of the new Terminator movie, whose...
- 2/14/2019
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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