Back in May, James Cameron was quoted as stating that his filmmaking future lay solely on the alien world of Pandora, with the back-to-back sequels Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 potentially followed by a fourth instalment, but now it seems the Academy Award-winner is lining up another future project… and no, sadly it’s not the long-rumoured Battle Angel.
According to Thompson on Hollywood, Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment producing partner Jon Landau have secured the rights to Taylor Stevens’ 2011 novel The Informationist, which centres on a female information specialist Vanessa ‘Michael’ Munroe. It’s said that Cameron is considering directing the project for 20th Century Fox, but not until he completes work on the next two Avatar movies. In other words, don’t expect to see this one any time this decade.
Here’s the synopsis for Stevens’ book:
Vanessa “Michael” Munroe deals in information—expensive information—working for corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise. Born to missionary parents in lawless central Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary crew when she was just fourteen. As his protégé, she earned the respect of the jungle’s most dangerous men, cultivating her own reputation for years until something sent her running. After almost a decade building a new life and lucrative career from her home base in Dallas, she’s never looked back.
Until now.
A Texas oil billionaire has hired her to find his daughter who vanished in Africa four years ago. It’s not her usual line of work, but she can’t resist the challenge. Pulled deep into the mystery of the missing girl, Munroe finds herself back in the lands of her childhood, betrayed, cut off from civilization, and left for dead. If she has any hope of escaping the jungle and the demons that drive her, she must come face-to-face with the past that she’s tried for so long to forget.
Originally published October 24, 2012. Updated April 10, 2018.
