“And then, like five minutes later, James Cameron walked in and that was something,” Gould said.Ĭameron was scheduled for two hours for the interview. While waiting in the living room of one of the icons of the film world, Gould noticed place settings for two people in the dining room. I was taken to the Lower House, which used to belong to George C. “We arrived at two big houses with a parking lot in between. Cameron wanted to meet at his house in Malibu and sent a production assistant to pick up Gould. Gould was flown out to Hollywood and stayed at a hotel that was next door to Lightstorm, Cameron’s production company in Manhattan Beach, Calif. The work involved refining the more than 1,000 pages of notes Cameron had for the four novels based on the movies, including the first one. “I would work for a period of time out there as they created the story arcs for the next movies,” he told Gallup sci-fi fans. Landau asked if Gould was willing to come to Hollywood for a meeting with Cameron.

One of Gould’s most exciting opportunities in the film world came about in 2013, when his agent received a call from Jon Landau, the Academy Award winning producer for Titanic and Avatar. He spoke to the eager crowd about his experience in Hollywood, from the film adaptation of Jumper to working with James Cameron and other writers on the sequels for the 2009 blockbuster Avatar. Gould, who resides in Albuquerque, is the author of 10 novels, most notably his 1992 release Jumper, which was adapted into film in 2008. 4, during “Sci-Fi Fest,” a weeklong schedule of events in observation of National Science Fiction Day Jan. Locals get a look behind the scenes at the making of a sci-fi Hollywood hitĪcclaimed science fiction writer Steven Gould was the special guest speaker at the Octavia Fellin Public Library Jan.

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