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James Cameron is currently focused on his upcoming Avatar projects, but he’s already thinking about his next big film. This new movie will be based on Ghosts of Hiroshima, a powerful story about one man’s survival during the atomic bombings in World War II.

The film is inspired by the book Ghosts of Hiroshima, written by Charles Pellegrino. It tells the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. His experience is one of the most remarkable and tragic tales in history.

The audiobook version of Pellegrino’s book just released its first teaser trailers, narrated by Martin Sheen, a three-time Emmy winner, with original music composed by Hans Zimmer. The book is set to be released on August 5, which marks the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

James Cameron recently spoke about the movie while it is still in the early stages of development.

James Cameron is busy with Avatar: Fire and Ash, but he’s already planning his next big movie, a powerful story about the horrors of World War II.

His new film will be based on Ghosts of Hiroshima, a book by Charles Pellegrino that tells the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, making his experience one of the most incredible and tragic in history.

The audiobook recently got its first and second teaser trailer and is narrated by Martin Sheen, a three-time Emmy winner, and features original music by Hans Zimmer.

The book, written by Pellegrino, who also worked as a science consultant on Titanic and Avatar, is set to be released on August 5, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

James Cameron recently shared some early thoughts about the movie Although the script is still in progress, Cameron admitted...

James Cameron's Avatar movies are far from finished, but the director is already attached to an upcoming war drama — and the book it's based on is officially on sale today. Cameron has no shortage of excellent films, but his upcoming project will allow him to explore the aftermath of a real-life tragedy that completely reshaped history: the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Cameron will do this by bringing Ghosts of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino to the screen, and the non-fiction book is officially out as of today, August 5. Ghosts of Hiroshima gives readers insight into the world-altering historical event by detailing the accounts of survivors and using forensic archaeology to recount what happened.

Given Cameron's name recognition and the subject matter, the Ghosts of Hiroshima film is likely to be as big as Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. However,Cameron already confirmed how it will differ from the 2023 movie: it...

Arriving on the 80th anniversary of America dropping atomic bombs on Japan, Ghosts of Hiroshima by author Charles Pellegrino is a stunning work of history. The book takes a deeply reported, humanistic, even archaeological approach to one of the most devastating and horrific military actions ever taken. Aug. 6, 1945, was humanity’s Rubicon. Everything changed in the aftermath. Pellegrino does not avoid the monumental nature of the events, but he focuses on the everyday people at the epicenter. Those souls who, through miracles, unlikely coincidences, or pure dumb luck somehow survived...

James Cameron, the man who dove into the wreck of the Titanic and waged war in Pandora, now confesses he’s afraid. Not of failure. Not of scale. But of the terrifying truth at the heart of his next film, Ghosts of Hiroshima. The acclaimed director revealed in an exclusive conversation with DiscussingFilm that adapting Charles Pellegrino’s harrowing new book might be the single most daunting creative endeavor of his storied career.

This might be the most challenging film I ever make. I don’t 100% have my strategy fully in place [right now] for how I want to see it, for how I want to shield people from the horror, but still be honest.

With Ghosts of Hiroshima, Cameron steps outside the safety of fantasy and science fiction. Gone are the blue-skinned heroes and immersive worlds of Avatar. In their place: human ashes, melted shadows, and the searing screams of survivors.

Editor’s note: While up to his eyeballs in Avatar sequels, James Cameron made a deathbed promise to Tsutomu Yamaguchi (one of the survivors of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb blast) that he will tell the story onscreen of those history-changing moments in Japan from the vantage point of the Japanese ravaged by the blasts that ended World War II.

Cameron and author Charles Pellegrino gave Deadline permission for a glimpse at a nightmare, before the book hits stores August 5.

Cameron found a way to weave in a love story that turned Titanic into at one time the biggest-grossing film of all time. There are earnest and touching characters aplenty in Pellegrino’s book, but this one plays out more like Schindler’s List than anything else. “Not since Titanic have I found a powerful, heartbreaking and inspiring real life story as found in Ghosts of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino.

James Cameron is busy finishing up Avatar: Fire and Ash, but he’s already planning his next big film. This time, he’s turning away from the world of Pandora and focusing on a true story from history.

Cameron’s new project will be about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a Japanese man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. The movie will be based on the book Ghosts of Hiroshima, which is set to come out in August.

DiscussingFilm recently got an exclusive look at the second trailer for the book and shared some fresh details about Cameron’s passion for the story.

The book Ghosts of Hiroshima was written by Charles Pellegrino, a bestselling author who also worked as a science consultant on Titanic and Avatar.

This project has been a dream for Cameron for a long time, and he finally decided to focus on this particular story.

James Cameron is busy with Avatar: Fire and Ash, but he’s already planning his next big movie — a powerful story about the horrors of World War II.

His new film will be based on Ghosts of Hiroshima, a book by Charles Pellegrino that tells the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, making his experience one of the most incredible and tragic in history.

The audiobook recently got its first and second teaser trailer and is narrated by Martin Sheen, a three-time Emmy winner, and features original music by Hans Zimmer.

The book, written by Pellegrino, who also worked as a science consultant on Titanic and Avatar, is set to be released on August 5, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

James Cameron said that this project is very personal to him. He met Tsutomu Yamaguchi shortly before the man...

The official trailer for Charles Pellegrino’s book Ghosts of Hiroshima is out now. This non-fiction book is set to be released on August 5th by Blackstone Publishing and The Story Factory. The release date is special because it marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan.

James Cameron, a three-time Oscar-winning director, bought the rights to turn the book into a movie in September 2024. Pellegrino, who wrote the bestselling Her Name, Titanic, also worked as a science consultant for Cameron on both Avatar and Titanic. For Cameron, Ghosts of Hiroshima is a deeply personal project and will be his first feature film outside of the Avatar series since his Oscar-winning Titanic. He plans to start filming when he has breaks from working on Avatar.

The trailer has narration by Martin Sheen, a three-time Emmy winner, who also voices the audiobook. Sheen has only narrated one other trailer before,...

The official trailer for Charles Pellegrino’s book Ghosts of Hiroshima is now available. The non-fiction book is set to be released on August 5 by Blackstone Publishing and The Story Factory, timed to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan.

This book is very special because it will be turned into a movie directed by James Cameron, the three-time Oscar winner who bought the rights in September 2024. Pellegrino, who wrote the bestselling Her Name, Titanic, also worked as a science consultant for Cameron on Avatar and Titanic.

For Cameron, Ghosts of Hiroshima has been a passion project for years. It will be his first film outside the Avatar series since he won the Best Picture Oscar for Titanic. He plans to start filming after finishing work on Avatar.

Exclusive: The official trailer for Charles Pellegrino’s book “Ghosts of Hiroshima” is here. The book will be made...

Acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron opens up about his hotly-anticipated Ghosts of Hiroshima.

Speaking to Deadline, Cameron discussed his adaptation of Charles Pellegrino's upcoming book, Ghosts of Hiroshima, which is based largely on the life and experiences of Tsutomo Yamaguchi, who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during the Second World War.

"I don’t want to get into the politics of, should it have been dropped, should they have done it, and all the bad things Japan did to warrant it, or any of that kind of moralizing and politicizing," Cameron stated. "I just want to deal in a sense with what happened, almost as if you could somehow be there and survive and see it."

When asked why he wanted to avoid drawing any direct political lines within the film, Cameron replied, "Because I just think it’s so important right now for people to remember what these weapons do.

Back in September of 2024, /Film reported that James Cameron was starting production on a new film called "The Last Train From Hiroshima," based on the Charles R. Pellegrino book of the same name, as well as Pellegrino's forthcoming follow-up "Ghosts of Hiroshima." This announcement was startling, as Cameron has said that he would — and so far has — work exclusively on "Avatar" films for the remainder of his directorial career. "Avatar: Fire and Ash," his third "Avatar" picture, is due out in theaters on December 19, 2025, and he fully intends to make a Part 4 (currently slated for 2029).

"The Last Train From Hiroshima" is, as the title implies, an historical novel told mostly from the perspective of the real-life Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the only people who have survived both the nuclear bomb explosion on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and also the nuclear bomb explosion in Nagasaki on the 9th. The book covers...

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It has been almost 30 years since James Cameron made a feature film that wasn't set in the world of Pandora, which may lead you to believe that he's lost touch with the real world. If you've seen 2022's "Avatar: The Way of Water," it should be clear that Cameron is quite aware of what's going down on our planet. It's a movie where the Marines and corporations are the bad guys, while the Indigenous beings of Pandora are unmistakably the heroes. If you came out of these two films thinking Cameron is anything but a militant environmentalist, you were not paying attention.

With the exception of the wildly entertaining, but bafflingly cruel "True Lies," it can safely be said that James Cameron is a humanist. "The Terminator," "Aliens," "The Abyss," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Titanic," and both "Avatar" movies appeal to our consciences.

Exclusive: When you have directed three of the four all-time top global grossing films as has James Cameron, you take his vow to try and stay on budget with a wink and a nod, because his cutting edge films always push the envelope and never miss. But there is one promise Cameron made on a movie that you can take to heart.

That was the deathbed vow he made to one of the last survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb blasts, to direct a film based on the upcoming Charles Pellegrino book Ghosts of Hiroshima. The book comes August 15 from Blackstone Publishing and The Story Factory, timed to the 80th anniversary of the moment the world entered the perilous nuclear age. Martin Sheen just signed up to narrate the audiobook.

Here, Cameron explains his passion for a dark project he’ll balance with his continuing Avatar franchise. That...

Following a rather long stint on his Avatar films, James Cameron will be picking up the reins on Joe Abercrombie’s fantasy novel, The Devils.

Although it may seem like James Cameron has been working on his Avatar films and only his Avatar films for many years now, we have seen inklings here or there that the veteran filmmaker may yet be coaxed from the world of Pandora and back into other realms, imaginary or otherwise.

In autumn of last year he announced that he’d secured the rights to Charles Pellegrino’s 2015 book Last Train From Hiroshima, adding that he’d also snapped up the rights to the author’s forthcoming follow-up, Ghosts Of Hiroshima and planned to adapt the novels into an ‘“uncompromising theatrical film.”

Pellegrino’s book covers the devastating effects of the atomic bomb, from its detonation on the 6th August 1945 to the suffering left behind in its wake.

James Cameron has spent a little over 17 years of his career working on his series of Avatar films. The ambitious productions have always been on the cutting edge of visual effects, with new filmmaking techniques and technological innovations being made to help bring Cameron's vision to life. Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in the series, is set to be released at the end of this year, with several more sequels on the way. Interestingly, it seems that Cameron's next project, following his immense dedication to the Avatar films, is an equally ambitious historical project based on the real-life horrific experiences of one individual.

In a new report from Deadline, it has been revealed that James Cameron has recruited actor Martin Sheen to provide narration for the audiobook version of "Ghosts of Hiroshima," which the Avatar director will adapt for the big screen. Written by Charles Pellegrino, the book...

James Cameron met a survivor of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, which has made him fast-track his first non-Avatar film since Titanic. The very subject of the film puts him in direct competition with Christopher Nolan. The Interstellar director narrated the tale of the nuclear bomb from the American side of things.

As a first step towards the film, Cameron purchased the rights to Charles Pellegrino’s book Ghosts of Hiroshima. The book will be available to readers soon, but Cameron is already working on releasing an audiobook that will have a familiar voice narrating it. Cameron has tapped Martin Sheen to narrate the audiobook.

James Cameron’s new project is Ghosts of Hiroshima James Cameron with Sam Worthington in a BTS still of Avatar | Credits: 20th Century Studios

After Christopher Nolan‘s take on the nuclear bomb, we now get to see James Cameron tackling the subject from the perspective of the victims.

James Cameron has been immersed in the Avatar universe for the last two decades, but he still plans on making Ghosts of Hiroshima as his next non-Avatar project. The project has been in the works for quite some time, but it’s taken a small leap forward as Deadline reports that Martin Sheen has been tapped to narrate the audiobook of Ghosts of Hiroshima.

“Martin Sheen is my dream come true to read this book for audio,” Cameron said. “His voice-over narration for Apocalypse Now still haunts me, and for a subject this dark, he will give it the gravitas and humanity that it needs.” The director has purchased the rights to the novel by Charles Pellegrino and plans on shooting an “uncompromising theatrical film” as soon as production on the Avatar sequels permits.

The book details the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a Japanese man who survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima,...

Exclusive: Martin Sheen has been tapped by James Cameron to narrate the audio book of Ghosts of Hiroshima, the Charles Pellegrino book set for publication by Blackstone on August 5. Cameron plans to use the book as the basis for a film of the same name, which the filmmaker will direct as his first non-Avatar film since 1997’s Titanic.

The project has been a labor of love for Cameron for fifteen years, and the three time Emmy winner Sheen was part of that dream. “Martin Sheen is my dream come true to read this book for audio,” Cameron told Deadline. “His voice-over narration for Apocalypse Now still haunts me, and for a subject this dark, he will give it the gravitas and humanity that it needs.”

Cameron purchased the rights to Pellegrino‘s forthcoming book and will shoot the film as soon as Avatar production permits. Cameron plans an “uncompromising theatrical film.

Exclusive: Hulu is rounding out the recurring cast for its upcoming limited series about the Murdaugh Murders, adding Madeline Popovich (The Christmas High Note), Jessi Case (9-1-1: Lone Star), Jim O’Heir (Running Point), Mark Pellegrino (American Rust), Nicholas Cirillo (The 4:30 Movie), Patch Darragh (Obsession) and Ryan Paynter (The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat). The as-yet untitled true crime drama series comes from showrunner Michael D. Fuller, who co-created the project with Erin Lee Carr.

The series is based on the true story of Maggie and Alex Murdaugh’s “stranger-than-fiction family drama”, drawn from reporting by journalist Mandy Matney, creator of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, and insider knowledge from years spent following the case.

Popovich plays Mallory Beach, a bright, endearing young woman who’s best friends with Paul’s girlfriend, Morgan.

O’Heir plays Dick Harpootlian, a braggadocious, old-guard State Senator and defense attorney, Dick is hired by Alex to...

Supernatural ran for fifteen seasons with a host of monsters, demons, and even literal Gods acting as villains for the Winchester brothers. However, Lucifer remains one of the most beloved and menacing villains in the series, initially played by Mark Pellegrino before fan-favorite Misha Collins portrayed a different iteration.

Misha Collins is a still from Supernatural (Credit: Warner Bros).

During an interview, Pellegrino discussed his work on the hit fantasy series, including his and Collins’ performance as Lucifer. The actor revealed that Collins consulted him before playing his iteration of the character, with the duo working together to maintain consistency. Here is what Pellegrino had to say about training Collins to play Lucifer in Supernatural.

Mark Pellegrino helped Misha Collins play Lucifer in Supernatural

Actor Mark Pellegrino played the most popular incarnation of Lucifer in The CW fantasy-drama series Supernatural. The actor first played the role during the show’s fifth season,...

Supernatural had an array of interesting and compelling villains, thanks to its expansive mythology created over fifteen seasons. However, one Biblical character stood out from the rest and was initially the big bad villain of the five-season arc planned by series creator Eric Kripke. As a result, it is safe to say that Lucifer is one of the show’s best villains.

Lucifer was one of the best villains in Supernatural (Credit: Warner Bros).

In the series, the villain has taken on several forms with multiple actors playing the role. While actor Mark Pellegrino is the face most associated with the character, Misha Collins also had a memorable stint in the role. As a result, fans of the show admit the series has one of the best portrayals of Lucifer in the television media, and here is what they had to say.

Supernatural fans proclaim the series had the perfect...

An underrated crime thriller starring Emmy-winning actor Jeremy Allen White is now available to stream for free. The actor has enjoyed an already impressive career since breaking onto the scene in 2011 as Lip Gallagher in Shameless. In addition to numerous indie films like The Rental and Fingernails, White played Kerry Von Erich in A24's The Iron Claw and, of course, Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in FX and Hulu's The Bear. He is also currently filming Deliver Me from Nowhere, a Bruce Springsteen biopic in which White plays the Boss himself.

Sometimes entries in an actor's filmography are released to little fanfare and await rediscovery. That's certainly the case with Bad Turn Worse, also known as We Gotta Get Out of This Place, a 2013 crime thriller starring White, Mackenzie Davis, Logan Huffman (Final Girl), William Devane (The Dark Knight Rises), Mark Pellegrino, and John Gries (The White Lotus). It was...

Academy Award-winning director James Cameron is known for helming some of the most successful movies in history. With films like Titanic and Avatar under his belt, which are two of the highest-grossing movies of all time, Cameron has cemented himself as one of Hollywoods most prolific filmmakers.

Recently, Cameron declared that he would be taking on a new cinematic challenge outside the world of Pandora. He's secured the rights to Charles Pellegrinos forthcoming book, Ghosts of Hiroshima, and has expressed his intentions of making a movie based on Ghosts of Hiroshima and Pellegrinos 2015 book, Last Train From Hiroshima. This would mark Camerons first non-Avatar project since 1997.

Ghosts of Hiroshima will be published in August 2025, and Cameron revealed to Deadline that he will be working on the movie adaptation, titled Last Train From Hiroshima, as soon as his schedule with the Avatar franchise allows. The film is set to explore the harrowing experiences of Tsutomu Yamaguchi,...

James Cameron is set to direct a movie adaptation of ‘Last Train from Hiroshima’ after finishing work on the fifth ‘Avatar’ film.The 70-year-old director is currently working on the next three instalments of the sci-fi franchise, though it has now been revealed Cameron will be helming a film adaptation of Charles Pellegrino’s 2015 novel of the same name - as well as the author’s upcoming book ‘Ghosts of Hiroshima’ - which features eye witness accounts from Japanese civilians and American pilots who saw atomic bombs devastate Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.The picture is said to follow a Japanese man who survived the detonation at Hiroshima in 1945, only to board a train to Nagasaki and experience the same horror again. The ‘Terminator’ director 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,...

Director James Cameron has announced that he wants to take a break from his Avatar franchise to make the ‘uncompromising’ Last Train From Hiroshima.

Early last year, James Cameron was talking about making a movie about the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, stating that it was something that he’d love to do if a window of opportunity ever opened up amid the ceaseless stream of Avatar films he is directing.

With two Avatar films already out and three more in various states of production, Cameron clearly has his hands full in the world of Pandora, but that hasn’t stopped him from announcing that he will be tackling a Hiroshima film, just as soon as time allows him to.

According to Deadline, the Piranha II director has not only purchased the rights to Charles Pellegrino’s 2015 book, Last Train From Hiroshima, but he’s also snapped up the rights to the author’s forthcoming follow-up,...

Hollywood icon James Cameron has taken on a new project focusing on war history. TheTerminator and Titanic director acquired the rights to adapt Ghosts of Hiroshima, an upcoming book by Charles Pellegrino. The film will tell the harrowing true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi.

Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. On August 6, 1945, the 29-year-old engineer was in Hiroshima when the first bomb struck. Incredibly, Yamaguchi then went to Nagasaki only to experience the second bombing on August 9. He is the only officially recognized survivor of both attacks.

Cameron says Yamaguchi’s unique experience provides a compelling narrative. “It’s a deeply human story of survival and resilience in the face of unprecedented destruction,” Cameron said. The director hopes to blend his renowned visual storytelling with the poignant exploration of one of history’s most devastating events.

This project marks a change for Cameron,...

James Cameron is planning for life after Avatar. The filmmaker has purchased the rights to the forthcoming book Ghosts Of Hiroshima, and intends to direct a feature adaptation of the atomic bomb story, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Author Charles Pellegrino’s Ghosts Of Hiroshima arrives from Blackstone Publishing in August 2025 and follows his 2015 book Last Train From Hiroshima, which will also serve as the basis of the film.

Cameron’s film would in part follow the true story of then-29 year old engineer Tsutomu Yamaguchi, recognized as the only person who survived both atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. He was on business in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, when the American military bombed the city, and returned by train to Nagasaki the next day, only to survive its bombing on Aug. 9. It is estimated that between 110,000 and 210,000 people died as a result of the bombings.

Cameron is...

James Cameron is back. And he’ll make sure that it’s with a bang. Looks like one of Hollywood’s most decorated directors has chosen quite a novel topic for his next movie, apart from the Avatar sequels that is.

The Oscar winning film-maker has never been one to shy away from doing things that seem larger than life. And his next movie looks all set to do just that, as he attempts to bring alive on screen the life of a man who has done something which is seldom heard of by people – survive 2 nuclear bombings.

James Cameron is all set to make a movie about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings James Cameron has taken a plunge into an ambitious project || Image by Steve Jurvetson, licensed under Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

James Cameron has a taste for doing what has never been done before. It was this...

While James Cameron is deep into post-production on Avatar: Fire and Ash and in development for Avatar 4 & 5, he has found a new project outside of Pandora. Deadline has learned that Cameron purchased the rights to Charles R. Pellegrinos forthcoming Ghosts of Hiroshima as well as his 2015 book Last Train From Hiroshima, both of which will be combined into one "uncompromising theatrical film." The movie will be titled Last Train From Hiroshima and focuses on the true story of a Japanese man during World War II who survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima and then the nuclear explosion in Nagasaki after taking a train.

Ghost of Hiroshima is set to hit bookshelves in August 2025 to mark the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic bomb in 1945. Both books by Pellegrino feature eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand, including the Japanese civilians on the ground and the American flyers in the air.

James Cameron‘s post-Avatar plans keep getting bigger. After purchasing the rights to adapt Charles Pellegrino‘s 2015 novel Last Train From Hiroshima, Cameron snapped up the right to the follow-up book Ghosts of Hiroshima. Cameron says he plans to combine both novels for a film he’ll shoot as soon as his Avatar production schedule allows. The Hiroshima project marks Cameron’s first non-Avatar film project since 1997’s Titanic. Cameron still plans to call his forthcoming film Last Train From Hiroshima.

According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Cameron’s Last Train From Hiroshima film focuses on the actual story of a Japanese man during World War II who survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, got on a train to Nagasaki, and survived the nuclear explosion in that city. Wow! What are the odds?

Deadline says Pellegrino’s books take inspiration from the voices of bomb survivors and the new science of Forensic archaeology.

Assuming he can dry off from all that time in the majestic waters of Pandora, Oscar-winning and Na'vi-obsessed filmmaker James Cameron is plotting his post-Avatar future—should such an opportunity afford itself. Deadline reports that Cameron purchased the rights to the book Ghosts Of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino, and he...

There are but a few ironclad certainties in life: death, taxes, and the fact that you should never, ever bet against James Cameron. The celebrated filmmaker has made an unparalleled career out of taking some of the most ambitious (and wildly expensive) concepts imaginable and spinning straw into box office gold. Of late, that talent has largely been confined to the world of "Avatar," which has consumed practically the last two decades of his life. But even though the franchise is set to dominate for at least another three entries, it appears that the director is finally tearing his gaze away from the far-flung world of Pandora and setting his sights on a production much closer to home.

Deadline has the scoop on Cameron's next intended movie, one that will mark a rare pivot to a non-original and non-"Avatar" project. According to the report, he's purchased the rights to...

James Cameron's first movie after the completion of Avatar 5 has been revealed. Cameron has spent the past decades working on Avatar and its many sequels and is committed to completing the third, fourth, and fifth installments in the lucrative science-fiction franchise.

According to Deadline, Cameron's first movie after Avatar 5 will be Last Train from Hiroshima. The story is based on Charles Pellegrino's 2015 book of the same name and Pellegrino's upcoming book, Ghosts of Hiroshima, both of which feature eyewitness accounts of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Cameron's movie will focus on a Japanese man who survives the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, and then boards a train to Nagasaki, only to survive the atomic bomb there as well.

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Exclusive: Jake Weber is joining Mark Pellegrino (Supernatural), Jeff Fahey (Lost), William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and Nicky Whelan (Halloween 2) in upcoming dramedy crime series A Motel.

Supernatural and 13 Reasons Why actor Pellegrino leads the show about a group of outcasts working at a seedy motel who find themselves in danger when they accidentally uncover a drug smuggling plot for the mafia.

Production on the series is due to begin in August. Brian A. Metcalf (UnderDeveloped) is showrunner and executive producer. Also executive-producing is Asif Akbar (Boneyard) who will also be directing some of the episodes. Kelly Arjen also serves as executive producer and Mark Pellegrino and Niko Foster are co-executive producers. 

The show is being produced and financed under Black Jellybeans and Akbar Media. 

Weber is repped by Artist International Group; Pellegrino is repped by Realm Talent and Framework Entertainment; Fahey is repped by Jeff Goldberg...

Exclusive: Jeff Fahey (Lost), William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and Nicky Whelan (Halloween 2) are among cast joining Mark Pellegrino in upcoming dramedy crime series A Motel.

Also joining are Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie), Niko Foster (Mr-9: Do or Die), Nolan River (Old), Charlene Amoia (How I Met Your Mother), Luke Edwards (True Detective), Kelly Reiter (Deadlock) and Kelly Arjen (Adverse).

Supernatural and 13 Reasons Why actor Pellegrino leads the show about a group of outcasts working at a seedy motel who find themselves in danger when they accidentally uncover a drug smuggling plot for the mafia.

Production on the series is due to begin in August. Brian A. Metcalf (UnderDeveloped) is showrunner and executive producer. Also executive-producing is Asif Akbar (Boneyard) who will also be directing some of the episodes. Kelly Arjen also serves as executive producer and Mark Pellegrino and Niko Foster are co-executive producers. 

The show is...

After recently appearing in the comedy series Underdeveloped, Mark Pellegrino has officially landed a new project. A new report from Deadline revealed that Pellegrino will play the lead role and executive produce the upcoming dramedy series, A Motel. Brian A. Metcalf, who worked with Pellegrino on Underdeveloped, will act as a jack of all trades for the upcoming series, starring opposite Pellegrino while also writing, directing, producing, and serving as showrunner. Asif Askbar and Kelly Arjen will executive produce the series, and Akbar will also direct several episodes. A Motel is set to begin filming in June in Las Vegas, and the series will consist of six episodes.

Exclusive: Mark Pellegrino, known for series including Supernatural, 13 Reasons Why and American Rust, has been set to star in dramedy series A Motel.

Brian A. Metcalf (Underdeveloped) is behind the show about a group of outcasts working at a seedy motel who find themselves in danger when they accidentally uncover a drug smuggling plot for the mafia. Additional casting is being finalised.

The series is written and executive-produced by Metcalf, who will serve as showrunner, director and actor. Asif Akbar and Kelly Arjen will also executive-produce with Akbar directing some of the episodes. Pellegrino will serve as co-executive producer.

Filming begins next month in Las Vegas on the six-episode project, which doesn’t currently have a network aboard and is being independently financed by the producers. The plan is to sell it after production.

Akbar recently directed the crime-thriller Boneyard starring Mel Gibson and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, which is releasing this July from Lionsgate.

Mark Pellegrino excels in portraying contrasting roles as Lucifer in Supernatural & "God" in Lost. Pellegrino played two Bible-inspired characters in major TV shows around the same period. Jacob and Lucifer, both played by Pellegrino, share eerie and rage-filled qualities despite their differences.

Two of actor Mark Pellegrino's most notable TV roles, one of which is Lucifer from Supernatural, could not be more different from each other. As the series follows the Winchester brothers fighting off mystical evil, Supernatural has had its fair share of nefarious villains. Many of these villains have Biblical roots, including the key villains Azazel and Lucifer, the latter of which is devilishly played by Pellegrino. Pellegrino appears in 38 episodes of Supernatural, starting in season 5 and continuing to appear sporadically throughout other Supernatural seasons.

Though Pellegrino was only in a fraction of the episodes of Supernatural, his performance was one of the highlights of the series.

The following contains spoilers for American Rust: Broken Justice, now streaming on Prime Video.

The second season of American Rust shines an even harsher spotlight on the Poe family. Billy Poe, played by Alex Neustaedter, has been released from prison -- but not before he ended up in a coma. Now Billy is simply trying to get back to a normal life, but he's not entirely sure what normal is.

Billy's father Virgil Poe is portrayed by Mark Pellegrino -- best known as Supernatural's Lucifer. While Virgil isn't the devil, he's certainly not an upstanding human being, either. He seems to have no real ambition of his own, and takes his estranged wife Grace's demand for a divorce as a joke. Both characters have some soul-searching to do, and Cbr spoke to both actors about the roads their characters walk in Season 2.

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Danny Pellegrino is used to sharing the spotlight with celebs. On his hit podcast Everything Iconic, the writer and comedian discusses pop culture phenomenons and has interviewed everyone from Elizabeth Olsen to Andy Cohen. In 2019 he wrote Vanderpump Rules stars and then-couple Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval’s drink recipe collection, Fancy Af Cocktails (in addition to various ghostwriting gigs). But as he publishes his essay collection The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories, the follow-up to his New York Times bestselling memoir How Do I Un-Remember This?, he’ll do so alongside the most anticipated celebrity tell-all of recent times: Britney Spears’ The Woman in Me.

“My parents already ordered two copies of it, and I had to force them to pre-order my own book,” he says with a laugh. Pellegrino, true to form, has a healthy sense of humor about the whole thing. He spoke to The Hollywood Reporter...

Actress and activist Daryl Hannah is featured in a new hoax ad claiming that Mattel is creating a line of Barbies called MyCelia EcoWarrior Barbies, which are supposedly plastic-free.

Hannah is the face of this fake endorsement in a video released by her where she asserts that “by 2030 all Mattel toys will be plastic-free starting with the iconic Barbie doll.” She continued to claim that “Mattel will support a federal ban on all plastics in kid’s toys and on single-use plastics.”

The “limited edition EcoWarrior Barbies” would have featured “the real world heroes of the environmental struggle,” including Phoebe Plummer, Julia Butterfly Hill, Greta Thunberg, Nemonte Nenquimo and one even named after Hannah.

The dedication to this fake campaign is remarkable, as spoofed press releases from Mattel, fake phone numbers, and a false website were all created.

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Cosplay of Ursula from The Little Mermaid brings the conniving sea witch to life. Based on the 1989 Disney animated classic of the same name, the upcoming musical stars famed pop singer Halle Bailey as the titular character Ariel. When Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) nearly drowns in a shipwreck, the young princess makes a deal with Ursula (Melissa McCarthy) to make her human in order to meet the prince.

Ahead of the upcoming Little Mermaid live-action adaptation, stunning Ursula cosplay from Francesca Pellegrino and Valentina Piccolo Attrice sees the character brought to life with terrifying results.

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Attrice portrays The Little Mermaid villain, painted by body paint artist Pellegrino. The cosplay combines elements from both versions of Ursula.

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Newsmax’s right-wing panel show “The Right Squad” was reduced to an incomprehensible screaming match Friday during a debate over the killing of Jordan Neely.

Neely, a homeless street artist, was choked to death by U.S. Marine veteran Daniel Penny on a New York subway earlier this month after the former began shouting he was hungry, thirsty and had little to live for. Neely had allegedly been acting erratically prior to Penny’s chokehold, but had not attacked anyone, a witness who recorded the incident told CNN. Neely’s death was ruled a homicide, and Penny has been charged with second-degree manslaughter for the fatal choke.

Newsmax host Jenn Pellegrino asked the panel if these charges marked “the beginning of the end of the Good Samaritan,” which sparked a lively shouting duel amongst the pundits.

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Nancy Meyers is still searching for a new home for her film after parting ways with Netflix over budget concerns. But in the meantime, the director of rom-com classics like 2006’s The Holiday and Something’s Gotta Give has dropped some hints on Instagram, revealing details about her movie, confirming the title, and sharing its origin.

Deadline reported that Scarlett Johansson, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz and Michael Fassbender were in talks to star, but that the proposed Netflix budget — which sources say was coming in around $130 million — was causing issues. Sources say that while the studio was fine with $130 million, Meyers was fighting for $150 million, with $80 million of that going to above-the-line costs.

The film is titled Paris Paramount, which we were first to tell you about in April 2022. It tells the story of an above-the-line filmmaking duo who reunite (begrudgingly) on set after falling in and out of love with each other.

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In Netflix’s Partner Track, the rom-com is a bait and switch for a story less about finding your love and more about finding yourself.

The 10-episode first season, which dropped on the streamer on Aug. 26, follows Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho), a talented and determined first-generation Korean American and senior associate who is looking to secure a junior partnership at her high-profile law firm.

But as she finds — with the help of her friends, family and a few love interests — her persistence and ingenuity might not be enough to overcome the racism and sexism of her white male-dominated workplace.

Based on the book by Helen Wan, showrunner Georgia Lee drops viewers into a glossy world where on the surface, seemingly the biggest challenge for the beautiful, intelligent and fiercely good lawyer is only whether the men she dates are good enough to be her partner.

Is Castle fabulous in the ’40s? Which Revenge mainstay is about to become a lot more popular? Who is Sam Winchester’s “old friend”? Read on for those scoops, plus other teases from TV’s hottest shows.

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