Though it would seem as though James Cameron will spend the rest of his career cranking out Avatar entries, it would seem that another passion project is still on his mind. In fact, The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back could arrive once the third Avatar entry is in cinemas in 2024.
Talking to The Los Angles Times, Cameron mentioned the possibility of making the Hiroshima film — which he has been developing since he picked up the rights to Charles Pellegrino's book in 2010.
Cameron even took time out of his Avatar promotional tour in Japan the same year to visit Tsutomo Yamaguchi, who fled the destruction of the city for the relative safety of Nagasaki. And he managed to survive once more when that city was destroyed by a further atomic attack.
Of course, some will wonder what this means for the fourth and fifth instalments of the sci-fi saga,...
Talking to The Los Angles Times, Cameron mentioned the possibility of making the Hiroshima film — which he has been developing since he picked up the rights to Charles Pellegrino's book in 2010.
Cameron even took time out of his Avatar promotional tour in Japan the same year to visit Tsutomo Yamaguchi, who fled the destruction of the city for the relative safety of Nagasaki. And he managed to survive once more when that city was destroyed by a further atomic attack.
Of course, some will wonder what this means for the fourth and fifth instalments of the sci-fi saga,...
- 2/21/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Before Avatar: The Way of Water was released and James Cameron proved he was, indeed, king of the box office, the director revealed he thinks he’s got about six more films in, with half of them being in the Na’vi world. As for what else he may tackle, he didn’t then disclose the potential films, but with his sights now set on post-The Way of Water plans, he’s speaking up.
In a conversation with LA Times, Cameron confirmed that he’ll next tackle Avatar 3, which has already finished shooting and is now undergoing its extensive post-production process, due out in 2024. Then before Avatar 4, tentatively scheduled for 2026, he hopes to direct an adaptation of The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, Charles R. Pellegrino’s book from 2010, which captures life in Hiroshima and Nagasaki around the time of the atomic bombings.
The director...
In a conversation with LA Times, Cameron confirmed that he’ll next tackle Avatar 3, which has already finished shooting and is now undergoing its extensive post-production process, due out in 2024. Then before Avatar 4, tentatively scheduled for 2026, he hopes to direct an adaptation of The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, Charles R. Pellegrino’s book from 2010, which captures life in Hiroshima and Nagasaki around the time of the atomic bombings.
The director...
- 2/20/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Like many indie distributors, Gunpowder & Sky are adapting quickly to the ever-changing theatrical landscape. The entertainment company is set to have the first-ever live streaming premiere their horror Sea Fever on their sci-fi channel Dust. The premiere will allow the audience to participate in a fully interactive Q&a with director Neasa Hardiman and members of the cast led by Connie Nielsen. The event will take place on April 9 at 5 pm Pt/8 pm Et ahead of its digital release on April 10.
Sea Fever made its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival and Deadline exclusively reported that it was acquired by Gunpowder & Sky. The film was slated to have a theatrical release in partnership with Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest, but plans shifted due to coronavirus and the closure of theaters.
More from Deadline'Sea Fever' To Sail Into Theaters In Deal With Gunpowder & Sky's...
Sea Fever made its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival and Deadline exclusively reported that it was acquired by Gunpowder & Sky. The film was slated to have a theatrical release in partnership with Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest, but plans shifted due to coronavirus and the closure of theaters.
More from Deadline'Sea Fever' To Sail Into Theaters In Deal With Gunpowder & Sky's...
- 4/1/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned New York Times-bestselling author Charles Pellegrino’s environmental horror novel Dust, which Dan Berk and Robert Olsen will adapt for the screen.
Published near the turn of the millennium in 1998, Dust is strangely prescient about the disastrous, inevitable effects of human progress on Earth’s ecosystem. The story follows maverick paleobiologist Richard Sinclair, who is one of the first to suspect the truth: that a series of random episodes are symptoms of a chain reaction triggered by a die-off of the world’s insects. As the old-world order collapses, Sinclair and a small group of scientists embark on a race against time.
Pellegrino is a writer and a scientist working in paleobiology and astronomy, a designer for projects including rockets and nuclear devices (non-military propulsion systems), composite construction materials and magnetically levitated transportation systems. After sailing with Robert Ballard...
Published near the turn of the millennium in 1998, Dust is strangely prescient about the disastrous, inevitable effects of human progress on Earth’s ecosystem. The story follows maverick paleobiologist Richard Sinclair, who is one of the first to suspect the truth: that a series of random episodes are symptoms of a chain reaction triggered by a die-off of the world’s insects. As the old-world order collapses, Sinclair and a small group of scientists embark on a race against time.
Pellegrino is a writer and a scientist working in paleobiology and astronomy, a designer for projects including rockets and nuclear devices (non-military propulsion systems), composite construction materials and magnetically levitated transportation systems. After sailing with Robert Ballard...
- 9/23/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2011 Cannes Film Festival doesn't get under way until next week, but the market is already getting busy. Sierra/Affinity, which will be handling such titles as the Gavin Hood-directed adaptation of Ender's Game, has bolstered its sales force by hiring Jonathan Kier as exec veep of sales. Kier was senior veep of international sales and distribution for The Weinstein Company. Sierra/Affinity principals Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg will be handling product for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, OddLot, Bold Films and Incentive Filmed Entertainment. ... Paul W.S. Anderson is re-teaming with his Three Musketeers collaborators Constantin and Summit on Pompeii, a period pic which builds drama around the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius. That was a devastating explosion estimated to have been more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The subject matter, and its impact on Rome, is something James Cameron has long wanted to cover in grand detail,...
- 5/3/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Earlier this week, it was reported that book publisher Henry Holt and Company had stopped production on Charles Pellegrino's "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back." The reason? Some of Pellegrino's sources were called into question, and subsequently the author himself. This is all significant because James Cameron had previously optioned the book for... something.
MTV's Larry Carroll ran into Cameron last night on the red carpet at the "Global Green" pre-Oscars party. And while the focus of the evening was on preserving the environment, we managed to get a question in about "Hiroshima." As you might expect, Cameron pretty much hit the buzz around Pellegrino and his book's authenticity right on the nose.
"It's only a story because I'm involved," he said. "If I wasn't involved it wouldn't be a story. Hopefully that story will go away after the Oscars." I would argue that the questioning...
MTV's Larry Carroll ran into Cameron last night on the red carpet at the "Global Green" pre-Oscars party. And while the focus of the evening was on preserving the environment, we managed to get a question in about "Hiroshima." As you might expect, Cameron pretty much hit the buzz around Pellegrino and his book's authenticity right on the nose.
"It's only a story because I'm involved," he said. "If I wasn't involved it wouldn't be a story. Hopefully that story will go away after the Oscars." I would argue that the questioning...
- 3/4/2010
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Yesterday, movie peeps were buzzing with the news that James Cameron's long-time collaborator Charles Pellegrino was in some pretty big non-fiction hot water. Variety reports that publication of the book The Last Train from Hiroshima* was halted by numerous questions of the book's facts.
It all started with the revelation that he was misled by one interviewee who claimed to have been in one of the planes flying with the Enola Gay (the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima), but then more doubts surfaced about a Father Mattias, and publisher Henry Holt and Company said: "Unfortunately, Mr. Pellegrino was not able to answer the additional questions that have arisen about his book to our satisfaction." No more copies will be made, and those who have purchased the book may get their money back if they wish.
Beyond the questions of his facts (compounded by questions about his claimed...
It all started with the revelation that he was misled by one interviewee who claimed to have been in one of the planes flying with the Enola Gay (the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima), but then more doubts surfaced about a Father Mattias, and publisher Henry Holt and Company said: "Unfortunately, Mr. Pellegrino was not able to answer the additional questions that have arisen about his book to our satisfaction." No more copies will be made, and those who have purchased the book may get their money back if they wish.
Beyond the questions of his facts (compounded by questions about his claimed...
- 3/2/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Back at the beginning of the year, when "Avatar" was still scaling the mountain of box office records set by "Titanic" in the '90s, news emerged that director James Cameron had optioned a book for a possible follow-up project. Charles Pellegrino's "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back" is an oral history of the atomic bombing of Japan during World War II, told through interviews with "Japanese A-bomb survivors, American aviators, and classified documents of government officials" (according to the publisher's original description).
That's what it was supposed to be anyway. The latest twist is that publisher Henry Holt and Company will produce no further copies of the book nor will they ship any more completed editions, Yahoo! News reports. The decision was made in spite of strong reviews and Cameron's film option because the reliability of Pellegrino's sources was thrown into question after the author...
That's what it was supposed to be anyway. The latest twist is that publisher Henry Holt and Company will produce no further copies of the book nor will they ship any more completed editions, Yahoo! News reports. The decision was made in spite of strong reviews and Cameron's film option because the reliability of Pellegrino's sources was thrown into question after the author...
- 3/2/2010
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
In the last few months, in the stream of post-Avatar money and praise, James Cameron has repeatedly hinted at a handful of projects that might be his next-- Avatar 2, of course, plus the long-in-gestation Battle Angel Alita, and a project based on the nonfiction book The Last Train from Hiroshima, about the atomic bomb attack on Japan in 1945. Now we know that one, at least, is almost definitely off the table. The Associated Press reports that the publisher has pulled the book from their lineup, following a series of investigations into its veracity. Author Charles Pellegrino has acknowledged that one of his interview subjects lied about being on the Enola Gay, which dropped the bomb, and now the publisher has been unable to confirm the existence of two people mentioned in the book. Even Pellegrino himself may not be what he claims-- he's said he has a Ph. D...
- 3/2/2010
- cinemablend.com
Avatar might still be riding high on both sides of the Atlantic, but James Cameron’s next project is looking increasingly unlikely to happen. Cameron wrote the introduction to Dr Charles Pellegrino’s historical account, The Last Train From Hiroshima, and had announced plans to adapt it for the big screen. However, some digging from the Associated Press revealed that some of Pellegrino’s sources may have been fabricated, with one of his interviewees having falsely claimed to have been present on the Enola Gay...
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- 3/2/2010
- by Total Film
- TotalFilm
The sequel to James Cameron's Avatar is set to move forward much more quickly now that his next movie project has collapsed.
Cameron was planning to make a film based on Charles Pellegrino's The Last Train from Hiroshima, which was published on January 19 and claimed to be a factual account of survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb.
Henry Holt and Company has now stopped all further printing of the book after the author was unable to verify details.
The publisher has been unable to find records of whether two men in the book existed: a Father Mattias, who supposedly lived in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, and John MacQuitty, said to be a Jesuit scholar presiding over Mattias's funeral.
Pellegrino last week also admitted he had been misled by one person interviewed for the book - Joseph Fuoco - who falsely claimed to be on board one...
Cameron was planning to make a film based on Charles Pellegrino's The Last Train from Hiroshima, which was published on January 19 and claimed to be a factual account of survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb.
Henry Holt and Company has now stopped all further printing of the book after the author was unable to verify details.
The publisher has been unable to find records of whether two men in the book existed: a Father Mattias, who supposedly lived in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, and John MacQuitty, said to be a Jesuit scholar presiding over Mattias's funeral.
Pellegrino last week also admitted he had been misled by one person interviewed for the book - Joseph Fuoco - who falsely claimed to be on board one...
- 3/2/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
It looks like James Cameron might have to start the search again for the next project to get him a hat trick at the top of the box office list - his plans to adapt Charles Pellegrino's historical tome The Last Train From Hiroshima for the big screen look bleak now that Pellegrino's book has been pulled from publication after questions arising as to the veracity of the novel.
Although the book has seen healthy early sales and has garnered good reviews, Pellegrino's publishers, Henry Holt, have halted the book's run after the Associated Press raised concerns about one of his interview subjects, who falsely claimed to have been on board the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It also now appears that the problems may run deeper, as the book's two key figures - Father Mattias, who allegedly lived in the city at...
Although the book has seen healthy early sales and has garnered good reviews, Pellegrino's publishers, Henry Holt, have halted the book's run after the Associated Press raised concerns about one of his interview subjects, who falsely claimed to have been on board the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It also now appears that the problems may run deeper, as the book's two key figures - Father Mattias, who allegedly lived in the city at...
- 3/2/2010
- Screenrush
Publication of Charles Pellegrino's non-fiction tome "The Last Train from Hiroshima", which had been optioned for a possible film by "Avatar" director James Cameron, has been halted over concerns of its accuracy reports The Associated Press.
Publisher Henry Holt and Company said in a statement yesterday that Pellegrino wasn't able to answer questions on the text including whether two men mentioned within it even existed.
The author has come under scrutiny which complicates things for Cameron as Pellegrino served as an advisor on "Avatar". The 'Hiroshima' film deal now looks to be on shaky ground.
Publisher Henry Holt and Company said in a statement yesterday that Pellegrino wasn't able to answer questions on the text including whether two men mentioned within it even existed.
The author has come under scrutiny which complicates things for Cameron as Pellegrino served as an advisor on "Avatar". The 'Hiroshima' film deal now looks to be on shaky ground.
- 3/2/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
James Cameron's movie about the Hiroshima bombing will be axed following disputes over the accuracy of the book it is based on. Henry Holt and Company has halted publication on Charles Pellegrino's non-fiction work The Last Train From Hiroshima after it emerged that two men mentioned in the book may not have existed. The publisher has been unable to find records of a Father Mattia, who lived in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, and Jesuit scholar John MacQuitty. In a statement released through The AP, Holt announced its "deep regret" at not being able to "print, correct or ship copies" of Pellegrino's book. Pellegrino admitted last week that one of his interviewees had falsely claimed to be on the Enola Gay, the (more)...
- 3/2/2010
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
With Avatar having conquered the world so thoroughly, you’d be forgiven in thinking everybody had gone mad. Sure, it had amazing special effects (what Cameron film doesn’t?), but it’s story was utter rubbish…it was, come on, be honest. Anyway, since December, Cameron has touted a movie based on a book entitled The Last Train From Hiroshima. It’s a historical non-fiction tome…or so people thought.
According to Variety, the writer Charles Pellegrino has been telling tales taller than James Cameron’s sci-fi epic. The Last Train To Hiroshima has been pulled by its publishing company after Associated Press did some digging around…you know, looking for facts. In a statement, the company said:
“It is easy to understand how even the most diligent author could be duped by a source, but we also understand that opens that book to very detailed scrutiny. The author of...
According to Variety, the writer Charles Pellegrino has been telling tales taller than James Cameron’s sci-fi epic. The Last Train To Hiroshima has been pulled by its publishing company after Associated Press did some digging around…you know, looking for facts. In a statement, the company said:
“It is easy to understand how even the most diligent author could be duped by a source, but we also understand that opens that book to very detailed scrutiny. The author of...
- 3/2/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Bad news for those interested in the idea of James Cameron directing a film about the Hiroshima bombing: The project may be scrapped, due to controversy over potential inaccuracies in the non-fiction book upon which it’s based.
According to Charles Pellegrino, the author of "The Last Train From Hiroshima", one of his interviewees apparently falsely claimed to be on the Enola Gay, the U.S. plane which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
Meanwhile, publisher Henry Holt and Company has been unable to find records of two characters in the book: Father Mattia, who lived in Hiroshima during the bombing; and a Jesuit scholar named John MacQuitty.
There have also been questions raised about whether Pellegrino received a Ph.D. from Victoria University of Wellington, as he had claimed.
"It is easy to understand how even the most diligent author could be duped by a source, but we...
According to Charles Pellegrino, the author of "The Last Train From Hiroshima", one of his interviewees apparently falsely claimed to be on the Enola Gay, the U.S. plane which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
Meanwhile, publisher Henry Holt and Company has been unable to find records of two characters in the book: Father Mattia, who lived in Hiroshima during the bombing; and a Jesuit scholar named John MacQuitty.
There have also been questions raised about whether Pellegrino received a Ph.D. from Victoria University of Wellington, as he had claimed.
"It is easy to understand how even the most diligent author could be duped by a source, but we...
- 3/2/2010
- CinemaSpy
Back in January, we reported that James Cameron had not only optioned the rights to Charles Pellegrino's book, The Last Train from Hiroshima, but also flown over to Japan to meet with now deceased Tsutomi Yamaguchi, the once lone survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Many believed this would in fact be Cameron's next film... but probably not anymore. The AP is reporting that publisher Henry Holt and Company is halting publication of the novel because author Pelligrino was...
- 3/2/2010
- by George Merchan
- JoBlo.com
Last Train to Hiroshima publisher Henry Holt and Company has halted publication of Charles Pellegrino's supposedly non-fiction account of the World War II atomic bombing told from the survivors' point-of-view. At issue is the authenticity of the book's tales and whether some of the individuals that Pellegrino mentioned as being real people are, in fact, real at all.
The trouble began one week ago when the author admitted that one of the men that he claimed flew aboard the Enola Gay, the American plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, had admitted that he had not ever been on the aircraft. That opened the door for Henry Holt to question other aspects of Pellegrino's book. When the writer could not prove that at least two of the people in the book were real, the company decided to cease its print run and offer the money back to any...
The trouble began one week ago when the author admitted that one of the men that he claimed flew aboard the Enola Gay, the American plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, had admitted that he had not ever been on the aircraft. That opened the door for Henry Holt to question other aspects of Pellegrino's book. When the writer could not prove that at least two of the people in the book were real, the company decided to cease its print run and offer the money back to any...
- 3/2/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Fate has just chucked a rather large spanner in the works of James Cameron’s future plans, not to mention the past associations he’s had with author Charles Pellegrino. What’s the problem? Pellegrino’s historical tome The Last Train From Hiroshima is now being seriously disputed - and yanked from publication.Despite gathering great reviews and healthy early sales, Pellegrino’s publishers, Henry Holt, have decided to halt the book’s run after questions were raised by the Associated Press about one of his interview subjects, who falsely claimed to have been on board the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic weapon on Hiroshima. That has led to a deeper investigation into the two main figures in the book, Father Mattias, who allegedly lived in the city at the time of the bombing and John MacQuitty, who oversaw his funeral.Plus, doubts are beginning to arise over Pellegrino’s own veracity,...
- 3/2/2010
- EmpireOnline
We recently reported that "Avatar" director James Cameron had optioned Charles Pellegrino's "The Last Train from Hiroshima" book to turn into a possible film. Cameron has already put in quite a bit of work, but it now looks like the movie won't be happening. In an interview with Associated Press, publisher Henry Holt and Company addressed the accusations that the information inside the book is false, stating that will not print, correct or ship copies of it. Doubts were first raised a week ago after Pellegrino acknowledged that one of his interview subjects had falsely claimed to be on one of the planes accompanying the Enola Gay, from which an atom bomb was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima in 1945. The publisher was also unable to determine the existence of a Father Mattias who supposedly lived in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, and John MacQuitty, identified...
- 3/2/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
There was some news recently that James Cameron might be producing or even potentially directing a film about Hiroshima. He'd optioned a book called The Last Train From Hiroshima, by Charles Pellegrino, a friend of the director. Now publication of the book is being halted, because publisher Henry Holt and Company "was not able to answer" questions about the veracity of some of Pellegrino's facts. Some of the people mentioned in the purportedly factual book may not exist. Oops! Probably won't see a movie from Cameron any time soon. Yahoo reports that the publisher released a statement that says, "It is with deep regret that Henry Holt and Company announces that we will not print, correct or ship copies of Charles Pellegrino's `The Last Train from Hiroshima." A week ago, Pellegrino admitted that one person he interviewed had made false claims about being on one of the planes that...
- 3/1/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Scratch this one off the books.
According to Yahoo! News, it looks as though publishers Henry Holt and Company have canceled publication of the upcoming nonfiction novel, written by Charles Pellegrino, Last Train To Hiroshima, for questions over the existence of witnesses that the book uses, as well as Pelligrino’s own credentials. An option on the book was purchased in January by Cameron, with it most likely slated as his next directing effort.
Read more on Last Train To Hiroshima denied publication, James Cameron adaptation shelved…...
According to Yahoo! News, it looks as though publishers Henry Holt and Company have canceled publication of the upcoming nonfiction novel, written by Charles Pellegrino, Last Train To Hiroshima, for questions over the existence of witnesses that the book uses, as well as Pelligrino’s own credentials. An option on the book was purchased in January by Cameron, with it most likely slated as his next directing effort.
Read more on Last Train To Hiroshima denied publication, James Cameron adaptation shelved…...
- 3/1/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
The Associated Press reports that Charles Pellegrino's book "The Last Train from Hiroshima," which James Cameron had optioned for a possible film ( see original story ), has been pulled by publisher Henry Holt and Company. The report says: "It is with deep regret that Henry Holt and Company announces that we will not print, correct or ship copies of Charles Pellegrino's `The Last Train from Hiroshima,'" the publisher said in a statement issued to the AP. Doubts were first raised about the book a week ago after Pellegrino acknowledged that one of his interview subjects had falsely claimed to be on one of the planes accompanying the Enola Gay, from which an atom bomb was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima in 1945. Holt had initially promised to send...
- 3/1/2010
- Comingsoon.net
James Cameron, whose Avatar is doing incredible business worldwide, recently bought the film rights to Charles Pellegrino’s The Last Train from Hiroshima, a book recounting stories from survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which killed 70,000 people. Pellegrino’s tome also includes remembrances from Us military personnel involved in the bombing. One problem: according to William J. Broad’s New York Times article "Doubts Raised on Book’s Tale of Atom Bomb," crucial elements found in The Last Train from Hiroshima have as a source recollections by Joseph Fuoco, who has been denounced as an impostor by veterans, historians, and scientists. In The Last Train from Hiroshima, Fuoco is featured as a man who, as a last-minute replacement, flew [...]...
- 2/26/2010
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
• Avatar director Cameron has film rights to book
• Veteran's account of flight dismissed as inaccurate
There can be few more exciting prospects for a non-fiction author than to have James Cameron take out an option on a book. The director recently broke his own record by amassing $2bn in world box-office takings for Avatar, making the film the highest grossing in history.
Cameron has now bought the film rights to a book of survivors' stories from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, prompting speculation that his next blockbuster will focus on one of the seminal tales of 20th-century destruction.
The Last Train from Hiroshima, by science writer Charles Pellegrino, takes place over two days and weaves together the stories of Japanese survivors with the memories of Us air force personnel who accompanied the bomb, dubbed Little Boy, on its journey to kill 70,000 people.
The potential transition from book to Cameron movie has hit a glitch,...
• Veteran's account of flight dismissed as inaccurate
There can be few more exciting prospects for a non-fiction author than to have James Cameron take out an option on a book. The director recently broke his own record by amassing $2bn in world box-office takings for Avatar, making the film the highest grossing in history.
Cameron has now bought the film rights to a book of survivors' stories from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, prompting speculation that his next blockbuster will focus on one of the seminal tales of 20th-century destruction.
The Last Train from Hiroshima, by science writer Charles Pellegrino, takes place over two days and weaves together the stories of Japanese survivors with the memories of Us air force personnel who accompanied the bomb, dubbed Little Boy, on its journey to kill 70,000 people.
The potential transition from book to Cameron movie has hit a glitch,...
- 2/21/2010
- by Ed Pilkington
- The Guardian - Film News
A man named Tstutomu Yamaguchi died earlier this month. His significance? He’s the only human being on record to have survived both nuclear bomb blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, despite being at ground zero for both explosions. A book about his life, titled “Last Train to Hiroshima,” written by Charles Pellegrino, was released on January 19th.
On August 6, 1945, Yamaguchi suffered serious burns to the upper half of his body when he was in Hiroshima. After that incident, he returned to Nagasaki, his hometown, which was bombed three days later. Ever since this experience, he has written books and songs about the experience, and has also spoken at the United Nations. For a long time, he has been a campaigner for nuclear disarmament.
James Cameron, currently speaking Na’vi at award shows and rooting for his newest film to beat his previous at the history box office, is said to...
On August 6, 1945, Yamaguchi suffered serious burns to the upper half of his body when he was in Hiroshima. After that incident, he returned to Nagasaki, his hometown, which was bombed three days later. Ever since this experience, he has written books and songs about the experience, and has also spoken at the United Nations. For a long time, he has been a campaigner for nuclear disarmament.
James Cameron, currently speaking Na’vi at award shows and rooting for his newest film to beat his previous at the history box office, is said to...
- 1/22/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
It's hard not to be intrigued when James Cameron's name pops up in movie news. He's created some of Hollywood's biggest hits, and always seems to have something up his sleeve to impress us. But for the first time in a long time, or maybe ever, Cameron news made my mind say: Yes. As Erik told us last week, the director recently met one of the last remaining survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings (who has since died), and then optioned the new book Last Train to Hiroshima, which details a number of accounts of those who experienced the atomic bomb firsthand.
James Cameron would be the perfect director for this piece of history. Many of us may question his commitment to plot and writing, but there's no doubt that he's one hell of a visually dynamic storyteller. If a solid writer penned a script from Charles Pellegrino's non-fiction tome,...
James Cameron would be the perfect director for this piece of history. Many of us may question his commitment to plot and writing, but there's no doubt that he's one hell of a visually dynamic storyteller. If a solid writer penned a script from Charles Pellegrino's non-fiction tome,...
- 1/11/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
It’s easy to go on about how much money Avatar is making at the box office. However, a more interesting result of the film’s success is the possibility that it proved 3-D can be far more than just a gimmick. Instead of having objects fly out at the audience James Cameron used the technology to pull viewers into the environment. It was such a simple twist on 3-D I’m surprised nobody thought of it before now.
However, with Avatar’s explosion in popularity, and everyone it seems hoping on the 3-D bandwagon, Cameron may have unintentionally become the “3-D guy”. Any projects he takes on moving forward people are going to anticipate some kind of 3D component, which may not necessarily be the case.
As such, I (along with everyone else writing about this story) have to assume that Cameron could have 3-D plans in mind for...
However, with Avatar’s explosion in popularity, and everyone it seems hoping on the 3-D bandwagon, Cameron may have unintentionally become the “3-D guy”. Any projects he takes on moving forward people are going to anticipate some kind of 3D component, which may not necessarily be the case.
As such, I (along with everyone else writing about this story) have to assume that Cameron could have 3-D plans in mind for...
- 1/11/2010
- by Bob Starr
- The Flickcast
On a Monday morning,Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the first nuclear weapon detonated in war, though the spark of atomic fire burned him and ruptured his ear drums. He crawled across a river on a bridge of bodies to reach a train station and escape the wasteland of Hiroshima to his home town of Nagasaki. On Thursday morning, he reported for work and survived the second nuclear weapon detonated in war. Yamaguchi was the only individual officially recognized by the Japanese government as having survived both nuclear explosions, although there were 30 others who took that last train with him out of Hiroshima. He lived until age 93, dying last week finally of stomach cancer, the latest of a series of radiation related ailments that emerged in his final years.
It's the sort of story that would be scoffed at if not true, that any editor would kick back in the first draft stage as eye-rollingly implausible.
It's the sort of story that would be scoffed at if not true, that any editor would kick back in the first draft stage as eye-rollingly implausible.
- 1/11/2010
- by Steven Lloyd Wilson
Although Avatar is still in theaters, Variety reports that James Cameron is already planning a future project about the WWII bombings in Japan. In fact, while in Japan promoting Avatar last month, Cameron took some time to visit with Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who was the last survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings until he passed away on Monday at the age of 93.
Cameron has also picked up the rights to Charles Pellegrino's upcoming book The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, which involves stories from American pilots and Japanese civilians. Pellegrino, who has a PhD in zoology, was also a technical consultant on Avatar.
Although the project is not officially green-lit yet, it shouldn't be too much trouble for Cameron to get it off the ground, given his clout and his sizable personal funds. Avatar is already the second-highest grossing movie in history, which means that...
Cameron has also picked up the rights to Charles Pellegrino's upcoming book The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, which involves stories from American pilots and Japanese civilians. Pellegrino, who has a PhD in zoology, was also a technical consultant on Avatar.
Although the project is not officially green-lit yet, it shouldn't be too much trouble for Cameron to get it off the ground, given his clout and his sizable personal funds. Avatar is already the second-highest grossing movie in history, which means that...
- 1/9/2010
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
“Avatar” director James Cameron has has optioned the rights to Charles Pellegrino’s upcoming nonfiction book “The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back” for a big-screen adaptation. Cameron obtained the rights with his own personal funds to Pellegrino’s book. Hitting bookstores January 19th, the book takes place over a period of two days and is about eyewitness accounts of the Japanese civilians and American pilots who experienced the atomic explosions during World War 2. No other information about the production has been released so far. Stay tuned for more on “The Last Train From Hiroshima” right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)...
- 1/9/2010
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
James Cameron can do pretty much anything he wants now. Or, he can do nothing at all; I think he'll be able to live off interest just fine. But he's swooping back into action by optioning Charles Pellegrino's The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, which he acquired using some of his considerable loonies and twonies.
According to Variety, "Advance reviews have been glowing for the title, which takes place over two days and weaves together eyewitness accounts of the Japanese civilians and American pilots who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand." Around 30 citizens who made it out of Hiroshima just in time had the misfortune of arriving in Nagasaki just in time for the second A-bomb.
So that's a fascinating piece of history, and Cameron's connection gets even deeper. Last month, while in Japan promoting his new movie - which I believe is Old Dogs - The...
According to Variety, "Advance reviews have been glowing for the title, which takes place over two days and weaves together eyewitness accounts of the Japanese civilians and American pilots who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand." Around 30 citizens who made it out of Hiroshima just in time had the misfortune of arriving in Nagasaki just in time for the second A-bomb.
So that's a fascinating piece of history, and Cameron's connection gets even deeper. Last month, while in Japan promoting his new movie - which I believe is Old Dogs - The...
- 1/8/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Earlier today, we brought you word of Cameron’s rumblings about an Avatar sequel and possible trilogy. Well, that may not be the next project that Jc uses to further his position as “King of the World.” Instead, he may be going back to history, dramatizing another major event. Cameron has optioned Charles Pellegrino’s upcoming nonfiction novel “The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back.”
Read more on James Cameron options story of Hiroshima bombings…...
Read more on James Cameron options story of Hiroshima bombings…...
- 1/8/2010
- by James Wallace
- GordonandtheWhale
While "Avatar" continues to clean up at the box office, James Cameron may have signaled his next move as a director this week by buying the rights to "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back," an upcoming non-fiction book by Charles Pellegrino, the Guardian reports. This news follows on the heels of reports that Cameron visited with Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who was identified last March as the first certified survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings of Japan during World War II, about a possible film project while in Japan last month doing promotion for "Avatar." Yamaguchi died this week at the age of 93, and is still the only person recognized as a survivor of both attacks. He was remembered by the mayor of Nagasaki as a "precious storyteller." More info about Yamaguchi's incredible story from the AP: Yamaguchi was...
- 1/8/2010
- by Nicholas Sabloff
- Huffington Post
James Cameron is the "king of the world" yet again as Avatar keeps climbing the box office charts, just recently surpassing Lord of the Rings: Return of the King as the second highest grossing film of all time. Although Cameron has confirmed that there will be a sequel to the revolutionary blockbuster, it looks like his next project could potentially move into the real world as Variety reports he has used his own funding to option Charles Pellegrino's upcoming nonfiction book The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, a compilation of real life accounts from survivors of the two infamous WWII nuclear bombings. While Variety says he's definitely eyeing this as a potential directing gig, I'm not so sure that this could turn out to be another narrative film. After all, Cameron is no stranger to documentaries, having produced several about the Titanic as well as nature's underwater marvels.
- 1/8/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Unknown director James Cameron has bought the rights to Charles Pellegrino's upcoming nonfiction book "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back." While in Japan in late December promoting "Avatar," Cameron asked 20th Century Fox for a day off Dec. 22 in order to visit Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the last survivors of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. Yamaguchi died Monday at the age of 93. Pellegrino's book, published by Henry Holt, is set to hit bookstores Jan. 19. Advance reviews have been glowing for the title, which takes place over two days and weaves together eyewitness accounts of the Japanese civilians and American pilots who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand. There's no word on whether Cameron will make a narrative or a documentary or merely produce something based on the novel. Either way, he has it in his pocket just in case something comes up.
- 1/8/2010
- LRMonline.com
While in Japan to promote Avatar, James Cameron visited Tsutomi Yamaguchi, who until his death this week was the last living man to have survived the bombs dropped on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While visiting Yamaguchi, Cameron pledged to "pass on his rare and harrowing experience to future generations." Because Cameron was accompanied by author Charles Pellegrino, speculation arose that the director might be developing a film based on Pellegrino's book Last Train to Hiroshima, which will be published on January 19. Indeed, that's exactly what is happening. Now we know that Cameron has indeed optioned the book, but the project is in very early stages, and isn't yet set up at his own production company Lightstorm Entertainment or at Fox. This is the point where Cameron will be looking into a lot of possible projects, even with legacy options like The Dive already in development. He's said recently that he's...
- 1/8/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
It was reported recently that James Cameron visited Hiroshima survivor Tsutomu Yamaguchi in December, and now we know why, as Variety says the Avatar director has optioned the The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back using his own cash. The Charles Pellegrino book charts the double bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from both sides of the experience, and will hopefully give Cameron a whole other era of intentionally dated slang to play with. [Variety]...
- 1/8/2010
- Movieline
Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas and Michael Fassbender will be the strong trio of men joining mixed martial artist Gina Carano in her feature debut.
The actors are in talks for Steven Soderbergh's revenge spy flick "Knockout," with Dennis Quaid also possibly joining the fun, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Knockout" centers on a female spy (Carano) who's betrayed one of her teammates in a security contractor company, owned by McGregor's character, who isn't the most loyal confidant. Working with her is an American executive (Douglas) and a British agent (Fassbender), the latter who proves untrustworthy. That's the spy biz for ya.
In other casting news:
- The Kenneth Branagh-directed "Thor" has cast a puny human. Joining the reckless god of thunder (Chris Hemsworth) who's been punished for starting a war by being forced to live among humans is the character to be played by Adriana Barraza, the Oscar-nominated actress in "Babel.
The actors are in talks for Steven Soderbergh's revenge spy flick "Knockout," with Dennis Quaid also possibly joining the fun, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Knockout" centers on a female spy (Carano) who's betrayed one of her teammates in a security contractor company, owned by McGregor's character, who isn't the most loyal confidant. Working with her is an American executive (Douglas) and a British agent (Fassbender), the latter who proves untrustworthy. That's the spy biz for ya.
In other casting news:
- The Kenneth Branagh-directed "Thor" has cast a puny human. Joining the reckless god of thunder (Chris Hemsworth) who's been punished for starting a war by being forced to live among humans is the character to be played by Adriana Barraza, the Oscar-nominated actress in "Babel.
- 1/8/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Whether or not you enjoyed "Avatar," you have to admit that James Cameron knows what he's doing. He is the only filmmaker to have two separate movies cross the $1 billion worldwide threshold, and as of this week, both "Titanic" and now "Avatar" are the number one and two highest grossing movies of all time.
So, when Cameron decides to option a nonfiction novel about the bombing of Hiroshima as a potential film project, just roll with it. The guy has a plan.
According to a report from Variety, the novel in question is Charles Pellegrino's upcoming "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back." Cameron has apparently optioned the book with his own money outside of the studio system — neither Fox nor Cameron's own Lightstorm Entertainment are currently involved.
This announcement isn't entirely out of left field, as Variety recalls recent reports that Cameron, while in Japan, took...
So, when Cameron decides to option a nonfiction novel about the bombing of Hiroshima as a potential film project, just roll with it. The guy has a plan.
According to a report from Variety, the novel in question is Charles Pellegrino's upcoming "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back." Cameron has apparently optioned the book with his own money outside of the studio system — neither Fox nor Cameron's own Lightstorm Entertainment are currently involved.
This announcement isn't entirely out of left field, as Variety recalls recent reports that Cameron, while in Japan, took...
- 1/8/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
Avatar director (and now record holder of the two highest-grossing movies of all-time worldwide) James Cameron has optioned the screen rights to The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, an upcoming non-fiction book written by Charles Pellegrino. There's some evidence that Cameron could conceivably decide that he wants to make this his next film.
According to Variety, while on the Japanese leg of his Avatar promotional tour, the filmmaker met with a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb explosions, 93-year-old Tsutomo Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi was one of around 30 people that survived the American atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima in August 1945 and then, as fate would have, went to the city of Nagasaki for shelter only to face the horror of the second bomb a few days later. Incredibly Yamaguchi survived both explosions. He passed away on Monday this week.
Last decade Cameron gave a positive cover...
According to Variety, while on the Japanese leg of his Avatar promotional tour, the filmmaker met with a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb explosions, 93-year-old Tsutomo Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi was one of around 30 people that survived the American atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima in August 1945 and then, as fate would have, went to the city of Nagasaki for shelter only to face the horror of the second bomb a few days later. Incredibly Yamaguchi survived both explosions. He passed away on Monday this week.
Last decade Cameron gave a positive cover...
- 1/8/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that James Cameron, while touring with Avatar in Japan, made a pit-stop to visit with Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who, at the time, was one of the last living survivors of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings back in 1945. Yamaguchi died of stomach cancer at the age of 93 on Monday, but when the visit with Cameron was reported, a lot of folks wondered whether the Avatar director was showing interest in the bombings for a potential film.
Well, folks weren't too far off, as Variety now tells us that Cameron has optioned Charles Pellegrino's non-fiction book Last Train to Hiroshima, which is set to hit bookstores on January 19th and, according to Variety, "takes place over two days and weaves together eyewitness accounts of the Japanese civilians and American pilots who experienced the explosions firsthand." There's no word on what Cameron plans to do with the book,...
Well, folks weren't too far off, as Variety now tells us that Cameron has optioned Charles Pellegrino's non-fiction book Last Train to Hiroshima, which is set to hit bookstores on January 19th and, according to Variety, "takes place over two days and weaves together eyewitness accounts of the Japanese civilians and American pilots who experienced the explosions firsthand." There's no word on what Cameron plans to do with the book,...
- 1/8/2010
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
According to Variety, James Cameron has optioned Charles Pellegrino's upcoming nonfiction tome "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back" with his own personal funds.
The book describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever. The book uses accounts from survivors and new archaeological evidence to create an illustrated narrative showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and why.
While in Japan in late December promoting "Avatar," Cameron asked 20th Century Fox for a day off Dec. 22 in order to visit Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the last survivors of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII.
The interesting thing is whether this will be a documentary film or not.
Source: Variety...
The book describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever. The book uses accounts from survivors and new archaeological evidence to create an illustrated narrative showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and why.
While in Japan in late December promoting "Avatar," Cameron asked 20th Century Fox for a day off Dec. 22 in order to visit Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the last survivors of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII.
The interesting thing is whether this will be a documentary film or not.
Source: Variety...
- 1/8/2010
- by Kellvin Chavez
- AMC - Script to Screen
James Cameron declared himself King of the World when Titanic won 11 Oscars in 1998.
With that film at No 1 in the all-time global box office chart and his new sci-fi epic Avatar now at No 2, the title seems more fitting than ever.
Avatar has to date made $1.13billion in just three weeks, pushing it past The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Titanic holds the top spot - for now - with $1.84billion. The big question is whether Avatar can sink Titanic in its remaining time on release.
Earlier this month, Avatar became the fastest film to make a billion dollars at the box office, with revenue boosted by the higher cost of IMAX 3D tickets.
Cameron has admitted he has a trilogy planned out, and has hinted at the directions that future stories might take.
It's also been revealed that the Canadian filmmaker has bought the rights...
With that film at No 1 in the all-time global box office chart and his new sci-fi epic Avatar now at No 2, the title seems more fitting than ever.
Avatar has to date made $1.13billion in just three weeks, pushing it past The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Titanic holds the top spot - for now - with $1.84billion. The big question is whether Avatar can sink Titanic in its remaining time on release.
Earlier this month, Avatar became the fastest film to make a billion dollars at the box office, with revenue boosted by the higher cost of IMAX 3D tickets.
Cameron has admitted he has a trilogy planned out, and has hinted at the directions that future stories might take.
It's also been revealed that the Canadian filmmaker has bought the rights...
- 1/8/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
James Cameron is living down his reputation as the "slow" director, as it appears he's invented all the technology he needs to start making all his future films, and is now hoovering up projects left and right. His latest? He’s optioned the rights to Charles Pellegrino’s book, "The Last Train to Hiroshima," which weaves together accounts of Japanese and Americans who witnessed the atomic bombs of WWII. This explains why a little while back, Cameron...
- 1/8/2010
- by Paul Tassi
- JoBlo.com
James Cameron has optioned Charles Pellegrino's upcoming nonfiction novel "The Last Train From Hiroshima" reports Variety.
The book describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever. The book uses accounts from survivors and new archaeological evidence to create an illustrated narrative showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and why.
Cameron visited Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the last survivors of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during a promo tour in Japan last month. Yamaguchi died this week aged 93.
The book describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever. The book uses accounts from survivors and new archaeological evidence to create an illustrated narrative showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and why.
Cameron visited Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the last survivors of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during a promo tour in Japan last month. Yamaguchi died this week aged 93.
- 1/8/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
That Supreme Being that we little folk know simply as James Cameron has optioned a book entitled The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back. The yet to be published book has been written by Charles Pellegrino and set two days during the devastating atomic bomb attack on Japan. It is not known at this time whether Cameron will be growing his director’s beard for the project. Will this be Titanic 2?
Using eyewitness accounts from Japanese locals as well as American pilots, Cameron can obviously smell a golden opportunity for a film. It’s a project that he seems to be taking very seriously as during promotional work on Avatar he took some time off to talk to Tsutomo Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi survived both the attacks on Hiroshima as well as the second attack on the city of Nagasaki. Unfortunately Yamaguchi died on Monday at the ripe old age...
Using eyewitness accounts from Japanese locals as well as American pilots, Cameron can obviously smell a golden opportunity for a film. It’s a project that he seems to be taking very seriously as during promotional work on Avatar he took some time off to talk to Tsutomo Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi survived both the attacks on Hiroshima as well as the second attack on the city of Nagasaki. Unfortunately Yamaguchi died on Monday at the ripe old age...
- 1/8/2010
- by Alex Wagner
- FilmShaft.com
Director buys film rights to The Last Train to Hiroshima, Charles Pellegrino's non-fiction account of the 1945 atomic bomb blasts
When Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb blasts that brought the second world war to an end, died on Monday at the age of 93, the mayor of Nagasaki said that his death marked the loss of "a precious storyteller". Now, however, it appears that Yamaguchi's story may yet reach a whole new audience – courtesy of a big-budget film by Avatar director James Cameron.
Cameron is believed to have met with Yamaguchi on 22 December during a brief promotional trip to Japan. Today, Variety reports that Cameron has bought the film rights to The Last Train to Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, a non-fiction book by Charles Pellegrino which is published in the Us on 19 January.
Pundits are speculating that the film-maker could be eyeing it as a potential directorial project for himself.
When Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb blasts that brought the second world war to an end, died on Monday at the age of 93, the mayor of Nagasaki said that his death marked the loss of "a precious storyteller". Now, however, it appears that Yamaguchi's story may yet reach a whole new audience – courtesy of a big-budget film by Avatar director James Cameron.
Cameron is believed to have met with Yamaguchi on 22 December during a brief promotional trip to Japan. Today, Variety reports that Cameron has bought the film rights to The Last Train to Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, a non-fiction book by Charles Pellegrino which is published in the Us on 19 January.
Pundits are speculating that the film-maker could be eyeing it as a potential directorial project for himself.
- 1/8/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Far from sitting back on his laurels in the wake of overwhelming success for his latest epic Avatar (the film now stands as the number 2 film of all time), James Cameron is busy getting going with his next project and has optioned Charles Pellegrino's upcoming nonfiction novel The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back.
Last December, Cameron visited Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the last survivors of the World War 2 U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during the promo tour in Japan for Avatar. Yamaguchi died on Monday at the age of 93.
See below for a description of the book:
Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever
Last Train from Hiroshima offers readers a stunning "you are there" time capsule,...
Last December, Cameron visited Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the last survivors of the World War 2 U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during the promo tour in Japan for Avatar. Yamaguchi died on Monday at the age of 93.
See below for a description of the book:
Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever
Last Train from Hiroshima offers readers a stunning "you are there" time capsule,...
- 1/8/2010
- Screenrush
Not content with savaging the locals' eco-home on Pandora in Avatar, James Cameron is also setting his sights on a real-life piece of devastating military action, optioning a nonfiction book about the attack on Hiroshima.Yes, in his second news story of the day, Cameron has bought up the rights to Charles Pellegrino's soon-to-be published tome The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back. Pellegrino's title chronicles two days during an after the atomic bomb drops, using eyewitness accounts from Japanese civilians and American pilots who survived the experience. Cameron has yet to set the film up as a project, but he's already been doing some research - he took a day out of his Avatar promotional tour of Japan last month to visit Tsutomo Yamaguchi, who fled the destruction of the city for the relative safety of Nagasaki. And he managed to survive once more when that...
- 1/8/2010
- EmpireOnline
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