James Cameron denies working on Titanic submersible disaster movie

Los Angeles: 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.

"I don't respond to offensive rumours in the media usually, but I need to now - I'm not in talks about an ‘OceanGate’ film, nor will I ever be," the filmmaker and sea explorer wrote.

Recently, Cameron, 68, told an American news outlet that he was "struck by the similarity" of the ill-fated submersible and the Titanic itself.

Last month, the US Coast Guard said debris found during the search for ‘Titan’ "is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel."

‘OceanGate Expeditions’ CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet were killed in the implosion.