James Cameron says that Hiroshima’s ghosts could be his “most demanding” film again

After completing the work Avatar: fire and ash, James Cameron He is preparing to immerse himself in what could be the most emotionally intense film of his legendary career.

The director, known for pushing the cinematographic borders, is entering a new territory with Ghosts of HiroshimaAnd he too admits that this could push him beyond his limits.

Speaking with the discussion of Andrew J. Salazar of the film, Cameron has not resisted how discouraging the project is preparing.

“For me, this could be the most demanding film I have ever made. I don’t have 100% of my strategy fully in place for how I want to see it; how I want to protect people from horror but still be honest; how I can find a sort of poetry, beauty or spiritual epiphany in some way – in some way – that I know it must be there. It is there in every human story.”

The film will explore the heartbreaking stories of the real life of the survivors of the atomic bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, focusing mainly on Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a man who survived both explosions. The story is based on the book of Charles Pellegrinowho previously collaborated with Cameron Titanic AND Avatar. Cameron has ensured the rights Ghosts of Hiroshima Last year.

And despite his cinematographic successes, Cameron is approaching the topic with a rare vulnerability. He underlined:

“It will be very demanding. I may not even be up to the task, but this never stopped me before.”

In another interview, Cameron reiterated the emotional weight of telling this story:

“I just hope to know enough as a director to do justice to this topic. I know how to do the visual effects – the problem is how to tell this as a human story and, however, to be sincere to what happened, to the horrible appearance of it.”

While Ghosts of Hiroshima It does not yet have a release date, Cameron’s dish is full with its epic Avatar saga. Avatar: fire and ash They connect cinemas on December 19, 2025. If it affects 2 billion dollars, Cameron will officially pass Steven Spielberg As the most recessed director of all time.

Avatar 4 AND Avatar 5 They are scheduled for the release on December 21, 2029 and December 19, 2031. Although previously he suggests that he moves away, Cameron has now said he is open to direct both.

One thing is certain, if there is any director who can take on the impossible, it is Cameron. But this time, he also knows the weight to tell such a deep and terrifying story is different from anything he had to face before.