THE PRESSURE IS ON

In only eleven days, James Cameron's Avatar has already reached $232 million dollars in the U.S. alone. The film made 19.6 million dollars Monday, its eleventh day in theatres, which is 3 million more than it made on its first Monday. People were worried that it might not be a profitable film having cost $300 million dollars to make. Those worries are long gone now that it looks like it will make it's money back in the U.S. alone.

So with Cameron already having the highest grossing movie of all time with Titanic, and Avatar looking like it could land in at least second place, does this put pressure on Cameron?

James Cameron has fascinated me ever since I got into film. The guy has made classics like Terminator 1&2, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies and then goes on to make the highest grossing movie of all time, and then disappears for twelve years???? Sure he did little films like Ghosts of the Abyss and Aliens of the Deep, but come on no big motion picture. Then he goes and does a recurring role on Entourage where he is directing the fictional film Aquaman. What is nuts is that the fake stuff they had on Entourage regarding the Aquaman movie looked better than most the crap that is coming out these days.

So what is Cameron's next move? Will he jump into an Avatar sequel, will he find a new project, could he please fanboys across the world and go back for another Terminator film, or will he drop off the map for another twelve years. I hate seeing good talent being wasted, and I think that's what he did during the last twelve years. Thy guy has got a talent for making film and he could have popped off at least two films in that time. I really hope he sees that his films are appreciated and will start a new project in the next year.

Here is what is rumored to be on Cameron's plate right now:

Battle Angel
"Set in the 26th century, the story takes place 300 years after a societal collapse caused by a major war. In that society, it's a technological dark age following a pinnacle of achievement far beyond where we are right now. Cyborg technology is a way of life. People are augmented a lot as workers, so being a cyborg is not unusual. The main character is a cyborg. She has an organic human brain, and she looks like she's about fourteen years old. She has a completely artificial body and she's lost her memory. She is found in a wreckage and reconstituted by a cyber-surgeon who becomes her surrogate father."

HEAVY METAL
"An astronaut brings home a glowing green orb for his daughter. However, the orb kills him and corners the girl for its purposes. Claiming to the embodiment of all evil, the malevolent sphere, known as the Loc-Nar, terrorizes the little girl by showing a series of bizarre and fantastic tales it has influenced."

FORBIDDEN PLANET
A remake of the 1956 film where a starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has.

THE DIVE
A much smaller film he has mentioned about about the romance between controversial Cuban free diver Francisco Ferreras and Frenchwoman Audrey Mestre. Based on a true story, Mestre became a free diver under his guidance, and went on to break several world records before dying in 2002 while competing.

FANTASTIC VOYAGE
A remake of the 1966 film where a diplomat is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.

So there they are, two remakes, a small budgeted film, and two futuristic sci-fi films. I think that Fantastic Voyage, Forbidden Planet and Heavy Metal sound the most promising.