It’s safe to say that Roland Emmerich and James Cameron are unlikely to be teaming up anytime soon.
When filmmakers Emmerich and Antoine Fuqua spoke at San Diego Comic-Con, director Louis Leterrier asked Emmerich via video link about the long-gestating remake of the 1966 film. dream trip Cameron has struggled to get started. Leterrier mentioned that he still wanted to direct the film and asked Emmerich about his experience working on the project years ago.
“James Cameron was very domineering, so I gave up for a while.” Emmerich answered at Collider’s directorial event, which caused laughter from the audience. “Because it’s like, ‘Is this your movie or is this my movie?'”
this independence Day The filmmaker continued, “We’re in the beginning stages. Because I said, ‘Oh my God, why is he so overbearing? I have to say, I do my thing, and I don’t feel it at all when I can’t do my thing. Interest. It’s so easy. So when other people want to say something about me and have more power than me, I just quit.
Emmerich’s other works include the day after tomorrow And the new Peacock series those who are about to diesaid in a 2007 interview that he quit taking the helm dream trip Because he was not satisfied with the script. Since then, several directors have eyed the project, including Paul Greengrass, Shawn Levy and Guillermo del Toro.
1966 science fiction movie dream trip Starring Stephen Boyd and Raquel Welch. It tells the story of a submarine crew who shrink into the body of a brain-injured scientist.
At an April event at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Cameron spoke about the current state of his films. dream trip Remake. He said that although the film has been in production for quite some time, he still hopes to move forward as soon as possible.
