According to Deadline, the acclaimed director has acquired the rights to adapt Charles Pellegrino’s upcoming book Ghosts of Hiroshima into a feature film.
Ghosts of Hiroshima is set to be published by Blackstone Publishing in August 2025, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.
Cameron plans to merge this book with Pellegrino’s 2015 work “Last Train From Hiroshima” for the film adaptation. The movie will be titled Last Train From Hiroshima.
It will focus on the harrowing true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a Japanese man who survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, when the first bomb was dropped, and then travelled to Nagasaki, where he experienced the second bombing on August 9.
The atomic bombings resulted in an estimated death toll of 150,000 to 246,000 people.
Cameron has expressed a long-standing desire to tell this story, with his commitment deepening after meeting Tsutomu Yamaguchi shortly before the survivor’s death.
He told Deadline, “It’s a subject that I’ve wanted to do a film about, that I’ve been wrestling with how to do it, over the years.
“I met Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, just days before he died.”
“He was in the hospital. He was handing the baton of his personal story to us, so I have to do it.”
“I can’t turn away from it.”
Cameron has previously explored themes of nuclear catastrophe in films like The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and he views this project as an opportunity to convey those experiences to future generations.
Cameron is currently working on the Avatar franchise, with Avatar: Fire & Ash scheduled for release in December 2025.
Two more sequels, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5, are also slated for release in 2029 and 2031 respectively.
Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits remake series canceled By Apple TV+ just after 1 Season
Time Bandits‘ latest adventure has come to an abrupt end.
Apple TV+ has cancelled the Taika Waititi-led Time Bandits series less than a month after its first season concluded.
Deadline has reported that the fantasy adventure series will not be returning for the second season due to low viewership numbers.
The show, which premiered on July 24, 2024, and ran for 10 episodes until August 21, 2024, was an adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 cult classic film of the same name.
Despite receiving generally positive reviews from critics, with a 78% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Time Bandits struggled to find a large audience.
The series failed to break into the Nielsen Top 10 rankings for streaming titles in the United States, although it reportedly performed better in the United Kingdom.
Time Bandits follows 11-year-old history enthusiast Kevin (Kal-El Tuck), who discovers a time portal hidden in his wardrobe and meets a band of skilled thieves.
Led by Kudrow’s character, Penelope, the group embarks on thrilling adventures, all while facing threats from sinister forces that endanger their journey and existence.
As they travel through time and space, the crew encounters captivating worlds from the distant past, relying on Kevin’s historical knowledge to guide them through each challenge in their quest for treasure.
The cancellation leaves several storylines unresolved.
The season finale ended on a cliffhanger, with the map used for time travel going missing.
This leaves the fate of Kevin, his sister Saffron, and the bandits uncertain, as they are trapped without the map. Moreover, the character Judy (Charlyne Yi) was taken captive by the Supreme Being, and her fate remains unknown.
Time Bandits features Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Charlyne Yi, Rachel House, Kiera Thompson, James Dryden, Felicity Ward, Francesca Mills, and Imaan Hadchiti.
Season 1 also included special guest appearances by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement.
All 10 episodes of Time Bandits are available to stream on Apple TV+.
