No, it’s not Avatar 2. James Cameron is diving all the way down to floor of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. The journey is 7 miles down and hasn’t been attempted since 1960. Cameron commissioned a specially-designed sub, Deepsea Challenger, to make the journey and return with 3D footage, but the potential for being squashed like a bug under the intense pressure is fairly high.
As I write this, he’s been descending for 13 minutes. Follow it live on Twitter to see if the mission is a success.
He did it: at 5:59 EST, this appeared on Twitter: