No, James Cameron is not working on the underwater disaster of the Titanic

James Cameron today responded to rumors that he is in talks to make a film about the ill-fated voyage of the submarine Titan that claimed the lives of five of its passengers. The submarine actually sank last month while visiting the wreck of the Titanic. Rumors that talked about a movie on the subject James Cameron It appeared after the director’s comments about the disaster.

After learning of these “offensive rumors,” he quickly denied them on Twitter (via ComingSoon and Deadline ), noting that not only has there not been a movie about the subject, and more importantly, there never will be. something like that.

“I don’t usually respond to offensive rumors in the media, but now I need to. I’m not talking about the OceanGate movie, and I never will be.“

Statements by James Cameron

James CameronIn 1997, the director of Titanic – and an accomplished diver himself – actually heard about the disaster in an interview with ABC News and then warned people to be careful when doing something as dangerous as deep sea diving. Similarities between the Titanic disaster and the OceanGate underwater situation.

“The people of the community were very worried about this submarine“, she said. “I am struck by the parallels with the Titanic disaster, where the captain was repeatedly warned of icebergs ahead of the ship, but he passed through an ice field without a moon one night, killing many people.“

The filmmaker, who has himself made 33 dives to visit the Titanic’s sinking site, said it was “surreal” that such an incident could happen at the same site more than 100 years later. “For a very similar tragedy, where warnings were ignored, to happen in the exact same place where all the diving takes place around the world, I think it’s just amazing. It’s really quite surreal“, he added.

His comments were then disputed by OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sonline, who said it was not fair to speculate about what happened inside the ship.

OceanGate, the private shipping company behind Titan’s submarine voyage, has since canceled all operations and no, James Cameron He will not make a film about the tragedy.