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Titanic 3D Movie Aims For 2012 Release Date

by Jordan Yerman | March 19, 2010 at 08:51 am

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James Cameron Prepping Titanic 3D for 2012 Release Date

James Cameron is planning to re-release Titanic in a 3D version. Since Titanic was filmed in 2D, the 3D effects will have to be added digitally via a new postproduction. Titanic was unseated as the highest-grossing movie of all time by James Cameron's Avatar, which he also wants to re-release later this year.

By James Cameron's own admission, a 3D rendering of Titanic will not look as good as Avatar, which was shot with 3D in mind. Even animated features (which the recent 3D trend has favored since they are not shot with physical cameras) look imperfect in their 3D effects; a live-action film would expose more flaws in the process.

Still, Titanic was a worldwide phenomenon in every medium, so perhaps audiences won't care about a squiggly line here or a blurry spot there.

Cameron is warning the effects will not be as spectacular as Avatar: "It's never going to look as good as if you shot it in 3D. But think of it as a sort of 2.8D".

Regarding the same-year re-release of Avatar in cinemas, Cameron is convinced that Avatar could have kept going at its former rate if other 3D offerings, such as Alice in Wonderland, hadn't come along to unseat it. After all, relatively few cinemas are set up for 3D projection.

"The question is (whether) the appetite is still going to be there after the summer glut of movies," Cameron added.

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dysamoria

at 23:50 on March 21st, 2010

curious... i'd love to know what technology is used to simulate the offset of the camera...

Avatar was an amazing film for so many reasons. i'm very pleased to have seen it in 3D. a release will give me a chance to see it a second time, again in 3D.

at this point, why ever go back to 2D?? It's pretty much the last thing that can be done to enhance cinematography (assuming it's used properly instead of as a gimmick... a hah).

Shane Roy (not verified)

at 13:01 on May 28th, 2010

This is great news for Titanic fans as i get to see my favorite movie released in 3D my parents took me to see Titanic when it came out in 97 and from that moment on the movie had an impact on my life because of the true tragedy that the Titanic tells and of all those souls who lost there lives on the night of April 14, 1912 its only fitting for it to be released in 2012 because it will mark the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of Titanic as her story will not be forgetten and a new generation can see it.