The directed and produced by James Cameron of the second highest-grossing film director of all time Avatar: The Way of Water reveals that he still wishes to make an adaptation of The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, a book by Charles R. Pellegrino.
The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back and the revised version second edition To Hell and Back: The Last Train From Hiroshima is a book by American author Charles R. Pellegrino.
Speaking with LA Times, Cameron said that he would like to direct the adaptation of Charles R. Pellegrino’s novel The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Lost Book before working on Avatar 4.
“We live in a more precarious world than we thought we did, I think the Hiroshima film would be as timely as ever, if not more so. It reminds people what these weapons really do when they’re used against human targets.”Cameron said.
In 2010 also director James Cameron optioned the book with the possibility of turning it into a feature film by himself.
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James Cameron’s Hiroshima Project Update (2026)
Updated July 2026. The Hiroshima project James Cameron mentioned in this story, now known as Last Train from Hiroshima and based on Charles Pellegrino’s book of the same name, hasn’t moved forward. Cameron has said the script is written, but the film remains what he’s called a “vaporware project,” with no distributor attached and no production timeline set. He’s instead stayed focused on the Avatar franchise, releasing Avatar: Fire and Ash in December 2025 and continuing work on the planned fourth and fifth installments. Cameron has indicated Hiroshima would be his first project after Avatar 5, meaning it’s likely still years away.
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