Overview

• After acquiring film rights in late 2024, Cameron remains in early development and has yet to finalize the script or narrative approach.
• The adaptation will spotlight Tsutomu Yamaguchi and other eyewitnesses to foreground personal survivor experiences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• Cameron warns the project may be the most challenging film of his career and describes it as a sacred duty he must fulfill.
• He has consulted with atomic bomb survivors and draws on influences such as Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Steven Spielberg’s advice to balance realism with empathy.
• Production is slated to begin only after he completes Avatar: Fire and Ash and its sequels, and no shooting date has been set.