American producer behind the blockbuster films Titanic and Avatar admired as a tough trouble-shooter
April 2024
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The Titanic drug poisoning: is one of the greatest mysteries in film history about to be solved?
While filming the epic movie, 80 people – including James Cameron and Bill Paxton – were hospitalised after their food was spiked with PCP. Who was behind the psychedelic clam chowder?
March 2024
Controversial Titanic floating door prop sells for $718,750
The much-debated door from the 1997 film, which only had room to save Kate Winslet’s Rose but not Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack, has sold at auction
January 2024
Notes on a scandal: how accurate should biopics be?
Lisa Marie Presley was furious at Sofia Coppola’s film and the real inspirations of May December have few kind words for it. We look at the knotty problems film-makers face with ‘true’ stories
September 2023
OceanGate Titan sub disaster movie in the offing
Film based on fatal expedition to wreck of Titanic planned by producer of comedy horror The Blackening
July 2023
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Exploring deep ocean is ‘safer than an elevator’ says James Cameron
Avatar and Titanic director says Titan sub team failed to address ‘most obvious risks’ and voices support for deep-sea mining
James Cameron denies rumors he is working on film about Titan sub
Titanic director and deep-sea expert tweets he is not in talks about OceanGate movie after report published in the Sun
Parlez-vous Valyrian? Meet the people creating languages for Game of Thrones, Avatar and more
Half a million Duolingo users are currently learning High Valyrian. But how do you make a language out of nothing? The linguists behind top fantasy TV shows and films explain
June 2023
Full Story
A deep-sea explorer on the Oceangate disaster and the rise of submersibles – Full Story podcast
James Cameron calls Titan submersible design ‘critically flawed’
Investigations under way into loss of Titan sub as questions grow over its design
James Cameron on Titanic sub technology: 'It sounded bad' – video
James Cameron on Titan submersible deaths: ‘Impossible for me to process’
Disney pushes back Avatar sequels, with fifth film now due in 2031
TV tonight
TV tonight: the devastating stories of pensioners living in poverty
March 2023
TV review
True Lies review – James Cameron’s action comedy crash-lands on TV
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why Avatar: The Way of Water should win the best picture Oscar
January 2023
Avatar: The Way of Water breaks more records at the worldwide box office
The film has now netted more than $2bn, one of only six films to have done so, with half of them directed by James Cameron
The truth about James Cameron: what is the film director’s billion-dollar secret?
Critics call him out of touch – yet, with his Avatar sequel, he could soon have three of the four highest-grossing films of all time. Fans and experts explain how he attracts such huge audiences
Avatar: The Way of Water overtakes Top Gun: Maverick at the global box office
James Cameron’s second film in the Avatar series is set to earn $1.5bn globally, pushing it past the Tom Cruise adventure to become the highest-grossing film from 2022
