Regarding the titanic pairing of Cameron and Soderberg on SOLARIS
Published at: June 24, 2002, 9:08 a.m. CST by staff
Hey folks, Harry here... With the release of the SOLARIS tease and the upfront promotion of the teaming of Academy Award winners Steven Soderberg and James Cameron, I was curious about Cameron's involvement so I contacted a 100 ft tall boy floating on the surface of Solaris' ocean to see what I could find out.
According to this 'floater' whom I absolutely trust, James Cameron has spent no time on Soderberg's set, gave very few script notes on the project and has completely trusted Steven's abilities and instincts as a director on this project. Now you might wonder why, given Cameron's hands off approach to producing this baby, why Lightstorm has this under its wing. Well, Rae Sanchini fell in love with the book some time ago and optioned it.
My 100 ft tall boy tells me that the film is holding very true to the spirit of Tarkovsky's original work, but from a different angle and approach. This is truly meant to be a very cerebral and philosophical science fiction work and isn't a 'western in space'. This is going to have a brain, let's just hope that it delivers upon the promise of its pedigree.