After a tweet by Production Weekly revealed James Cameron would be working on a “a Shane Salerno-scripted sci-fi action script for Fox, described as an “event” film set in the future,” many speculated that the project was a script Salerno sold last year about an unlikely mix of humans and aliens who team up to save the Earth titled “Doomsday Protocol.”
Turns out, their collaboration is even more uninspiring than that “Avatar”-esque project. MTV reports that the collaboration is in fact a 3D remake of Richard Fleischer’s 1966 “Fantastic Voyage,” which was later novelized by iconic sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov. The Cold War-set film centers on a professor who masters the concept of miniaturizing matter however, on route to the West, he is subject to an assassination attempt which leaves him comatose. A team of medical staff are then miniaturized in a submarine and sent into his body in an effort to save his life.
Admittedly, the concept of a ‘Voyage’ remake seems undeserving of Cameron’s talents and a 3D version only makes it sound like an educational kid’s IMAX movie. Luckily, Cameron is only on board as a producer which leaves the door open for what his next directorial effort will be. Perhaps now that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be handing in his ‘Governator’ title soon, Cameron might be involved with his Hollywood comeback? The director recently discussed the possibility with surprising optimism.
“I think he wants to come back to Hollywood,” Cameron said. “I think he wants to act again, and we will talk when he’s clear of his problems and I’m clear of mine. I’m thinking of things we could do together. I’m sure he is as well.”
Schwarzenegger in”Avatar 2″? Let’s hope not.