James Cameron has blasted the upcoming Battleship movie, claiming that it “degrades cinema”.
The Avatar director expressed disgust at the board game adaptation, which sees Liam Neeson and Rihanna clash with aliens on the high seas, arguing that “desperate” franchises and sequels are damaging the film industry.
He lamented to Spiegel Online: “We have a story crisis… Now they want to make the ‘Battleship’ game into a film. This is pure desperation.
“Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example, or Spider-Man, you are light years ahead. And there lies the problem. Because unfortunately these franchises are becoming more ridiculous. Battleship. This degrades the cinema.”
Cameron previously described modern B-movie Piranha 3D as being the “bottom of the barrel”.