
According to a Will.I.Am interview in Vibe, James Cameron is to direct a 3D Black Eyed Peas picture and it will actually have a plot, not just be a bunch of performances in a row.
There will be a storyline that [Cameron] came up with, which will be dope. It’s a full-length film and it’s based around our tour activities. We’ve toured from America and Europe, to the Middle East, South America, Asia and Africa. It’s not like we go, ‘Yo, we are international, you know what I’m saying? London and Paris!’ Nah, that’s just two cities. We want to go across the planet.
So, actually, it will be a bunch of performances in a row just tied together (probably loosely, if not tenuously), a la Lasse Hallstrom’s ABBA movie.
That’s if it actually happens. Excuse me for being sketpical, but I’m not entirely sure we can take Will.I.Am’s word for this quite yet. When Cameron announces his involvement, then I’ll bite. For now, I’ll join Vulture in a little bout of cynical grimacing.
Here’s the bit of the interview where if Will.I.Am was getting a bit too excited and pushing the truth a little – you know, if he was – his delusions kicked into high gear:
We have the biggest director because we are the biggest group on the planet. The Peas are filming it in South America. People will be able to see us in the theater with the 3-D glasses and everything.
And everything.
Well, who knows. Cameron did direct a Marilyn Manson video after all.
UPDATE: No, of course Cameron isn’t doing this. Jamie Landau, son of Cameron’s partner in Lightstorm, Jon Landau, has said so to CHUD.