James Cameron really loves a 1939 musical about a girl from Kansas.Cameron recently confirmed on The Town with Matthew Belloni podcast that The Wizard of Oz is his favorite film. (The podcast is also where he recently discussed the practicalities of potentially leaving the Avatar franchise if it doesn't perform at the box office.)Cameron confirmed he met with Universal Pictures about directing the Wicked film adaptation roughly 15 years ago, not long after Avatar became the highest-grossing film of all time. “I almost made Wicked back when," he said. "I really love the story, I mean The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite [movies]. This is going back 15 years.”But the project never materialized. Cameron said that he "couldn't find the song," suggesting he struggled to crack the musical form. Still, he hasn't ruled out directing a musical someday. - YouTube www.youtube.com The Wizard of Oz and James CameronThe Wizard of Oz influence runs deep in Cameron's work. When The Ringer published an oral history of Terminator 2: Judgment Day for its 30th anniversary, Cameron explained his approach to the sequel. "Sure, there's going to be big, thunderous action sequences, but the heart of the movie is that relationship," he said. "I have always loved The Wizard of Oz. This movie is about the Tin Man getting his heart."That emotional throughline of a character discovering their humanity became the backbone of T2. Arnold Schwarzenegger's reprogrammed T-800 learns to protect rather than destroy. You can trace Oz's DNA in...
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