Cameron will invest more than 18 million dollars in the 2D to 3D conversion of 'Titanic'

James Cameron will invest more than 18 million dollars and a year of work in the 2D-3D conversion of 'Titanic', whose premiere is scheduled for April 6, 2012 in the United States, coinciding with the centenary of the sinking of the liner.

James Cameron, who at IBC defended the need to advance a “naturalization” process that makes 3D much simpler, has admitted that he will invest about 18 million dollars in the 2D to 3D conversion of his film Titanic. Despite this huge investment that will involve a whole year of work in a practically artisanal process frame by frame, the director has recently commented that Titanic 3D it will still only be 90% as good as if you had shot it in 3D.

Cameron has even confessed that he is not enjoying the 3D conversion process of his film Titanic, winner of 11 Academy Awards.

“While Vince (Pace, co-founder of Cameron-Pace Group) and I happily sit and watch our filmed images, converting to that format is exactly the opposite,” the director has even commented. “It's an overwhelming process to subjectively create depth,” he explains.

“That needs to be closer, that's not far enough, it's not deep enough, there's not enough volume in that shoulder... da, da, da, da, da, da... it's endless!” complained the writer of the film released in 1997 and which helped catapult the fame of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Titanic 3D It will be released, after an investment in the conversion that is estimated at more than 18 million euros, on April 6, 2012 in the United States.

This date is not coincidental since the Titanic began its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912, departing from Southampton, England, bound for New York. Four days into the voyage, the “indestructible” liner collided with an iceberg, which would cause the most memorable maritime disaster to date.

To justify this project, Cameron has commented that “there is a whole generation that has never seen Titanic, since it was intended to be seen on the big screen. And this will be the Titanic like you've never seen before, digitally remastered at 4K and carefully converted to 3D. With the emotional power intact and the visuals stronger than ever, this will be an epic experience for fans and newcomers alike.”

For his part, Brad Grey, president of Paramount Pictures, has admitted that "this new presentation of the highest-grossing film in Paramount's history is particularly special because 2012 also marks the studio's centenary. Paramount Pictures has had the pleasure of introducing audiences to some of the most recognized classics of all time in cinema for an entire century and we cannot think of a better way to commemorate the occasion than with this new publication of Titanic”.