NOT all big-screen heroes wear capes – this one is a 68-year-old man with a passion for deep-sea exploration and a knack for directing the biggest films of all time.
James Cameron knows how to pack a cinema better than anybody. He doesn’t make many movies, but each one is an event. His 1997 blockbuster Titanic became the first film to take $1 billion (then about R5bn). Twelve years later he was king of the world again when his sci-fi epic Avatar became the first to break $2bn (then about R14bn). It remains the highest-grossing movie of all time.
Not bad when your CV also includes two timeless Terminator films with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Aliens (1986).
Now, after 13 years away, he’s made Avatar: The Way of Water. It’s the first of four planned sequels in 3D that will further explore the world of those tall, blue aliens. And Hollywood is
