'Titan Submarine Disaster' to Be Made into a Movie... "Focus on Media Behavior"

Missing in severe weather last June... All 5 passengers dead
"Plans to cover incidents before and after the submarine disappearance"

The tourist submarine 'Titan' disaster, which resulted in five casualties last June, is being made into a movie.

British daily The Guardian and American entertainment media Deadline reported on the 29th of last month (local time) that "the Titan incident is being produced as a movie titled 'Salvaged'." American producer E. Brian Dobyns and the production company Mind Riot Entertainment are set to co-produce the film.

The Titan went down to the deep sea on June 18 to see the Titanic, the luxury liner that sank in 1912, but lost communication 1 hour and 45 minutes after submerging and went missing. On board the Titan were Stockton Rush, CEO of the submarine operator OceanGate Expeditions; British billionaire Hamish Harding; Pakistani tycoon Shazada Dawood and his son Suleman; and French marine expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, totaling five people.

Subsequently, a multinational search team from the United States, Canada, and other countries conducted search operations for three days, but it was confirmed that all five passengers had died. The Titan was analyzed to have been destroyed by implosion, a phenomenon where external pressure causes the structure to collapse inward rapidly.

Submersible Titan [Image source=AP Yonhap News]

Justin McGregor, Head of European Content at Mind Riot, said, "The tragedy of the Titan is an unforgettable disaster reminiscent of the Challenger disaster." The Challenger disaster refers to the January 1986 incident when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew members.

According to Deadline, the movie is expected to cover events occurring before and after the submarine's disappearance. Jonathan Keese, who is involved in writing the screenplay, explained, "We will focus on exposing the media's behavior that sentences countless lives without due process and destroys them."

Meanwhile, there were rumors that James Cameron, director of the movie 'Titanic,' would direct a film about the Titan disaster, but Cameron denied these rumors.

Cameron posted on his social media at the time, saying, "I usually do not respond to unpleasant rumors in the media, but now it is necessary." He added, "I am not having any discussions about a Titan movie, nor will I ever."

In his social media post, Cameron emphasized the word 'not' in uppercase letters to strongly deny the related rumors and media reports, expressing his displeasure.

Director Cameron swept 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, with the 1997 film 'Titanic,' based on the sinking of the Titanic. He extensively researched the Titanic for this film and is a world-renowned diving expert who actually took a submarine dive 33 times to analyze the wreckage.

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