James Cameron, noted fan of women, blue people, and giant robots, is set to direct a film based on Taylor Stevens novel The Informationist. The plot see the protagonist Venessa Munroe, described by producer Jon Landau as a “mix of Lisbeth Salander and Jason Bourne”, tracking down the kidnapped daughter of a Texan billionaire in modern day Africa. So far, so interesting.
The news comes as a relief to those who, like me, were worried that Cameron would pretty much exclusively focus on Avatar related projects, because that film was, let’s face it, not very good. Hopefully this will be less Smurfs vs Transformers and more Sigourney Weaver vs the Alien Queen in a giant mech. Fingers crossed, eh?
In other news: Werner Herzog is set to direct a film about a school shooting. Sounds cheery…
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