TITANIC 3D Coming in April 2012

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted:July 5th, 2010 at 8:31 pm


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Last we heard, James Cameron and Fox were targeting the “spring of 2012″ to re-release Titanic in 3D.  Thanks to Ministry of Gossip [via /Film], we now know that the spring month in question is April.  The news was mentioned in a tribute to Gloria Stuart, who played “Old Rose” in the film and celebrated her 100th birthday on July 4th.  April 2012 marks a centennial anniversary of its own, as the RMS Titanic attempted to traverse the Atlantic from April 12-14, 1912.  In addition to the historical timing, the intended month of release (nearly two years away) gives Cameron and Co. plenty of time to perfect the finer details of the 3D conversion.

Notably, it was only this year that Cameron’s own Avatar finally toppled the 1997 disaster flick to become the highest grossing film of all time.  As such, the re-release should be a good litmus test for the 3D conversion of cinema’s live-action classics, both in their aesthetic appeal and financial viability.







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  1. ozziememz @

    i like 3d, but not the conversions….i hope this will be the first good one ill see, i think they're gonna kill off 3d if they keep doing them…..clash of the titans and the last airbender were horrrrrible!

  2. k0rrupt @

    So let me try and understand adding 3-D to a film…the reason why 3-D conversion is rather bad is that, a) the films were never designed with 3-D in mind, b) they didn't have enough time to implement it properly.

    So although Titanic may have 2 years to get it right, since it was never designed for 3-D in the first place, what would be the point other than to make money. Unless Cameron has something up his sleeve, i'm not sure how it'll work out, or whether i'll want to see it


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