James Cameron denies working on Titanic submersible disaster movie
Los Angeles, Jul 16 (PTI) Filmmaker James Cameron blasted "offensive rumours" that he is in talks to helm a feature film about the recent Titan submersible tragedy that killed five people on their voyage to the Titanic wreck site.
Owned by OceanGate Expeditions, Titan had been chronicling the Titanic's decay and the underwater ecosystem around it via yearly voyages since 2021. The submersible imploded near the wreckage of the doomed vessel, killing all five people on board on June 18.
Cameron, who directed the Oscar-winning 1997 disaster drama "Titanic" based on the sinking of the titular ship, took to Twitter on Saturday to publicly condemn rumours