James Cameron THR Interview: "Yes, I'm overbearing. Damn right."
James Cameron Talks 'Avatar,' 'Alien: Romulus' and Whales in Spicy Chat: "Damn Right I'm Overbearing" https://t.co/i3r5tnFjxX
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 12, 2024
The Hollywood Reporter interviewed James Cameron about his upcoming National Geographic documentary, OceanXplorers, about ocean exploration (which he's very excited about but which will not be found excerpted below) which then branched into his thoughts on other properties.
Can't talk about Avatar 3 except that it's "fucking cool", and we're "going to love it." And he still plans to direct the fourth and fifth movies (unless he gets hit by a bus) which are written.
Mentioned he's working on his own Terminator stuff but wouldn't elaborate.
On his thoughts about blowback from the fan community about the poor 4K transfers of Aliens and True Lies:
Cameron: When people start reviewing your grain structure, they need to move out of mom’s basement and meet somebody. Right? I’m serious. I mean, are you fucking kidding me? I’ve got a great team that does the transfers. I do all the color and density work. I look at every shot, every frame, and then the final transfer is done by a guy who has been with me [for years]. All the Avatar films are done that way. Everything is done that way. Get a life, people, seriously.
On Alien: Romulus
Cameron: I saw a rough cut six months ago, so I’m sure it’s changed a lot. And I viewed it once. I gave some notes to [director Fede Álvarez]. He and I aren’t close pals. I mean, I wish him the best with it, but I think it’s been overstated that I had some big creative input to that film. I think Ridley [Scott] did because Ridley was an actual producer on the film. So I’m just putting it in perspective.
On Netflix's Terminator Zero animated series
Cameron: It looks interesting. My relationship to that is very much like The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- other people spinning stories in a world I set in motion is interesting to me. What's their takeaway? What intrigued them about it? Where are they going with it? [...] I'd be curious to see what they've come up with. I'm working on my own Terminator stuff right now. It's got nothing to do with that. Like with The Sarah Connor Chronicles, they occasionally touched on things I had been playing with completely independently. So there's some curiosity there. It's not a burning curiousity, but, obviously, it'd be nice to see it succeed.
On Roland Emmerich pulling out of the Fantastic Voyage movie:
Cameron: How is this a headline?
THR: Well, he called you 'overbearing.'
Cameron: I’ve never said anything negative about Roland. But anyway: Yes, I’m overbearing. Damn right. When it’s a project where I’ve contributed to the writing, I might actually have an opinion on it. I actually don’t even remember talking to Roland Emmerich about Fantastic. I remember the other directors that we worked with for months on end trying to develop that project. If I talked to Roland, it was for two minutes. I have a pretty good memory and I don’t remember that at all.
THR: Is that project still in the works?
Cameron: Move on, that's a non-story.
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Apologies if you wanted to read about his love of ocean exploration. Full interview on THR
