Titanic 3D Coming in 2012

In an interview today with The New York Times, director James Cameron revealed plans to rerelease Titanic in 3D.

The movie will hit theaters in 2012 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. “It’s an arbitrary length of time but it’s a specific date — it’s a specific date that means something to people,” Cameron said. “There will be a lot of talk about the Titanic disaster in the news and the nonfiction TV sector at that time.”

The 3D enthusiast is handling the project with care and taking the time to make sure it’s just right. “We’ve been moving very slowly to make sure that we do it right, and we’ve basically gone to every single vendor who does 3-D conversion, that’s a credible vendor, and there were seven that we have received tests from,” he said. “We’ve analyzed the tests, in a couple of cases we sent them back and told them to remake parts of it, because it was unacceptable, and now we’re baking off the different vendors against each other and we’re going to choose the top two or three vendors and we’re going to split the show up between them. That’s our game plan. So we maximize the quality. Everybody’s busy now because there’s a lot of conversion work.”

All of which begs the question: Now that Cameron has Titanic under control, when can we expect a 3D release for Titanic II? We can’t wait for 3D history to repeat itself.

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