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his next movie will be a "big-budget science-fiction film with a pile of special effects" which Cameron will film using the 3D Reality Camera System he co-developed. Cameron wants to start filming this new picture sometime later this year.

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He's been associated with a live-action version of the Japanese anime BATTLE ANGEL ALITA but we've also heard talk that he's wanted to do a movie about the first manned mission to Mars, grounding the movie as much in facts and proposed scientific concepts as possible. With President Bush recently announcing the hopes to for America to return to the moon and then voyage to Mars, did that spur Cameron to make a decision?

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For those ppl that don't know (still), Dark Angel was Cameron's test basis the Battle Angel Alita idea. Now... I better hope he can make a live action as great as the anime/manga.