Paul Greengrass Not Directing 3-D 'Fantastic Voyage'

There's going to be a 3-D Fantastic Voyage remake produced by James Cameron, but it won't be directed by Paul Greengrass. Several weeks ago, it was revealed that Greengrass, on the heels of his only critical and commercial failure working in America, Green Zone, was discussing the project with Cameron. At the time, I said it was an odd mix, because epic 3-D pictures are not at all where Greengrass is at his best. Just as James Cameron is great as his thing, Greengrass' strength is stunt-fueled action scenes shot with handheld cameras. Whether that was part of the decision or not, Greengrass is off the case, according to Filmonic. But the real news may be that the Bourne director is lining up a Treasure Island remake being produced by Sherlock Holmes writer Lionel Wigram, who is also working on one of two Three Musketeers movies. All of them will be at Warner Bros., which continues to be the pace setter among American film studios. In the meantime, Cameron and producing partner Jon Landau will keep looking for a director. I would suspect, though I've herd nothing to substantiate this, that Greengrass and Cameron are personalities that might have been too strong to co-exist peacefully. Cameron is, well, Jim Cameron, while Greengrass and Universal didn't see eye-to-eye during a drawn-out production schedule for Green Zone. Maybe it would have worked, but I could really see it becoming combustible. But now we have Treasure Island to look forward to.