Overview

• Cameron has not completed a script and warns the project may push his storytelling limits more than any previous film
• The adaptation will follow engineer Tsutomu Yamaguchi’s survival of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, based on Charles Pellegrino’s forthcoming book
• Ghosts of Hiroshima remains without a release date and will enter production only after the December 19, 2025, debut of Avatar: Fire and Ash
• The director aims to balance an unflinching portrayal of nuclear horror with elements of spiritual insight or poetic resonance
• He cites Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan as tonal inspirations and plans to work with Japanese writers for cultural authenticity