James Cameron denies ‘offensive’ rumors he’s engaged on Titan sub catastrophe movie

Titanic director James Cameron says he has no intention of engaged on a catastrophe movie in regards to the OceanGate submersible’s lethal implosion on its solution to the notorious shipwreck website.

The enduring director — who solely makes use of his Twitter account to advertise his work — hopped onto the social media website Saturday to dispel discuss that he’s seeking to capitalize on the Titan sub tragedy that gripped the nation final month.

“I don’t reply to offensive rumors within the media often, however I have to now. I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate movie, nor will I ever be,” Cameron, 68, wrote.

The denial got here after experiences claimed Cameron was allegedly speaking with a serious streaming community about helming a challenge given his experience on deep sea diving to the Titanic wreckage.

Cameron was within the public highlight when the Titan submersible disappeared June 18 — talking to reporters as an knowledgeable who made 33 journeys of his personal to the 111-year-old shipwreck.

The director was among the many many who had predicted the submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion early in its journey, killing all 5 passengers aboard.

He additionally slammed the days-long seek for the vessel as a “nightmarish charade,” saying it was unrealistic and “merciless” to push a story that the victims may nonetheless be alive days after the sub disappeared.

“For me, there was little doubt. I knew that sub was sitting precisely beneath its final identified depth and place. That’s precisely the place they discovered it,” he told the BBC.

The director famous the submersible’s destiny was private given his decades-long friendship with famed French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, one of many 5 aboard the doomed Titan.

Cameron’s sharpest criticism was saved for OceanGate and its founder Stockton Rush — additionally among the many 5 who died aboard the Titan — saying the corporate skirted routine safety protocols and engineering requirements to conduct Titanic vacationer journeys.

“One of many saddest elements of that is how preventable it actually was,” Cameron advised the British outlet.

He likened the corporate’s vanity in ignoring consultants in regards to the risks of the submersible to that of the Titanic’s personal story — hailed as unsinkable earlier than it struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from England to New York in 1912.

Regardless of the worldwide submersible trade’s clear, skilled file, Cameron stated he fears the OceanGate catastrophe will mar his beloved deep submergence neighborhood for years to return.