James Cameron To Visit Hiroshima?; Kat Dennings In ‘Daydream’ & Nick Nolte Gets His Own Doc

With sequels for the record-breaking “Avatar” in the works, James Cameron isn’t necessarily ready to pull a George Lucas and focus on Pandora for the rest of his life. The director has optioned the rights for soon-to-be-published non-fiction book, “The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back” with his own cash. Already earning advance critical acclaim, the book takes place over two days and weaves together eyewitness accounts from those who experienced the atomic blasts firsthand. While the rights are in Cameron’s hands, its a long way off from going in front of cameras as its currently not set up at any studios.

Christina Ricci has joined Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman for the period soap opera, “Bel Ami.” She will play Clotilde, a friend of Uma Thurman’s Madeleine Forestier. Shooting is set to begin next month.

Kat Dennings has joined Josh Lucas for the indie romance “Daydream Nation.” The story is about a disaffected high school senior (Dennings) who has an affair with a teacher (probably Lucas), and a relationship with a teenage junkie. Sounds like loads of fun. Shooting starts tomorrow in Vancouver.

Maggie Grace has joined Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton in the awful sounding action pic “Faster.” Salma Hayek (who needs a new agent) is in talks to join this as well. And we don’t care enough about this movie to write any more.

This flew a bit under our radar, but Nick Nolte has become the subject of his own documentary, “Nick Nolte: No Exit.” Only slightly less crazy than Gary Busey, Nolte’s career has been a combination often great on-screen performances coupled with outlandish off-screen behavior. The talking-head styled doc features the likes of Ben Stiller, Rosanna Arquette and Powers Boothe talking about the actor, while Nolte himself offers his own insights. Here’s the trailer: