With his love of everything underwater, James Cameron has long wanted to make The Dive, but with Avatar sequels taking up all his time for the next few years, he’s handed the reins on the movie to Casino Royale and Green Lantern director Martin Campbell, according to Deadline.
J. Michael Straczynski is writing the script, which tells the tragic love story of freediver Francisco Ferraras and his wife Audrey Mestre. It follows two pre-eminent free-divers who, with only a single breath of air in their lungs, plunge to unimaginable depths before swimming back to the surface. Sadly though, Audrey Mestre died during an attempt to better her own world record.
Cameron will still produce the film with his Lightstorm team, which will presumably use the 3D cameras he developed for Avatar.
When news of the movie Umbra first surfaced in 2009, Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job) was set direct, before Joe Carnahan took over the reins in 2012. Now it’s all change again according to 
He may not have had much luck with Green Lantern this year, but director Martin Campbell isn’t letting that get him down, as