During the rollout of “Avatar” James Cameron made his share of adversaries, from film critics and detractors around the world who faulted the film on aesthetic and philosophical grounds, to perhaps a few Academy Awards voters who saw his Golden Globes speeches and cast their ballots for “The Hurt Locker.”

Now Mr. Cameron has taken on Glenn Beck, the Fox News host, with a series of blistering remarks made Tuesday at a news conference for the “Avatar” DVD release, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Asked what he thought of Mr. Beck, Mr. Cameron used language familiar to Marines to describe him, then added: “He called me the anti-Christ, and not about ‘Avatar.’ He hadn’t even seen ‘Avatar’ yet. I don’t know if he has seen it.”

The remarks appeared to refer to comments Mr. Beck made on his CNN show in 2007 about the documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” which Mr. Cameron produced for the Discovery Channel, and which examined the archaeological evidence of the Talpiot Tomb, which some scholars believe is the final resting place of the historical Jesus.


Mr. Beck was among many who criticized the film and its findings. Citing a CNN transcript, The Hollywood Reporter said that Mr. Beck said on his show: “Many people believe James Cameron officially has tossed his hat in the ring today and is officially running for anti-Christ.”

At the news conference, Mr. Cameron went on to say that Mr. Beck “certainly is dangerous, and I’d love to have a dialogue with him.” There was no immediate response from Mr. Beck.

He threw in a few more saucy remarks directed at people who question or deny global warming, adding:At this point I’m less interested in making money for the movie and more interested in saving the world that my children are going to inhabit. How about that? I mean look, I didn’t make this movie with these strong environmental anti-war themes in it to make friends on the right, you know.