James Cameron Claps Back At ‘Offensive’ Rumour He’s Planning Film About OceanGate Submarine Tragedy

etcanada.com:

James Cameron is shutting down an unverified report from a British tabloid claiming he’s planning to make a movie about the Titan submersible tragedy.

Earlier this week, The Sun reported that the director was in discussions with “one of the world’s biggest streamers” to produce a “major series” about the accident, in which five people — OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeole, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Suleman — were killed when the submersible imploded during a tourist excursion to view the wreckage of the Titanic. READ MORE: When ‘Titanic’ Director James Cameron First Knew About Titan Submersible’s ‘Catastrophic’ Fate “It is a subject close to his heart,” an unidentified source told the outlet. “He told the story of the Titanic so compassionately it feels like a natural step for him to take this on.

Retracing the steps of those on board the Titan is a massive undertaking but there would be a lot of time, money and resources dedicated to it.” Cameron, however, is refuting the report completely, going so far as to call the entire notion “offensive” to him. READ MORE: ‘Titanic’ Director James Cameron On Titan Sub Tragedy: ‘I’m Struck By The Similarity’ “I don’t respond to offensive rumours in the media usually, but I need to now,” Cameron wrote in a tweet issued Saturday, July 15. “I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film,” he added, “nor will I ever be.”