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 filmography Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with the other producers. It had a total of 14 Oscar nominations (tying the record set by the 1950 drama "All About Eve") and won 11 (tying the record set by the 1959 epic historical drama "Ben-Hur"). Cameron also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and shared the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama with the other producers. He followed this by directing, and producing two underwater documentaries: "Ghosts of the Abyss" (2003), and "Aliens of the Deep"