James Cameron's unrealized projects film. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, star of "The Hunger Games", "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Joy", had been cast to play Audrey Mestre. Francis Lawrence, director of "The Hunger Games", was directing. The film was being compared to Cameron’s earlier blockbuster movie, "Titanic", and was scheduled to be released in 2017. Since then, there has been no further announcements. James Cameron's unrealized projects The following is a list of unproduced James Cameron projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, Canadian film director James Cameron has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under
James Cameron "Piranha", entitled "" in 1982. The original director, Miller Drake, left the project due to creative differences with producer Ovidio Assonitis, who then gave Cameron his first job as director. The interior scenes were filmed in Rome, Italy, while the underwater sequences were shot at Grand Cayman Island. The movie was to be produced in Jamaica. On location, production slowed due to numerous problems and adverse weather. James Cameron was fired after failing to get a close up of Carole Davis in her opening scene. Ovidio ordered Cameron to do the close-up the next day before he started on that