Karl Urban in 3-D jungle action feature RELENTLESS
Mentored by James Cameron, director Damien Lichtenstein wants to prove 3-D is "the future of filmmaking".
Filmmaker Damien Lichtenstein (3000 Miles to Graceland) has been mentored over the last year by the great James Cameron during the shoot of his latest epic Avatar and according to Variety, he wants to put what he has learnt to some good use for the medium he calls "the future of filmmaking". They say Lichtenstein will direct Relentless, a live action 3-D movie that is being budgeted at $25 million by Baldwin Entertainment and will shoot this September in Puerto Rico with Karl Urban set to star.
Its the story of four extreme sports professionals who survive a plane crash in the Amazon jungle, and must use all their survival instincts as they are hunted by a group of homicidal natives.It's kind of like Lost but with a crew that are very much already acquainted with each other and instead of anything mystical like "The Others" - these are vicious homicidal natives. Jungle/Lost movies seem to be all the rage recently and Karl Urban has been attached to several action movies in the last 12 months for none of them to really work out. I would like to see this one actually make it into production, if nothing else to see exactly what this filmmaker has learned from Cameron.