James Cameron and "Titanic" (1997). In June 2010, Cameron met in Washington with the EPA to discuss possible solutions to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill. Later that week at the All Things Digital Conference, he attracted some notoriety when he stated, "Over the last few weeks I've watched ... and been thinking, 'Those morons don't know what they're doing'." Reportedly, Cameron had offered BP help to plug the oil well, but it declined. The oil spill was eventually stopped using techniques similar to those Cameron recommended. On March 7, 2012, Cameron took the "Deepsea Challenger" submersible to the bottom of
James Cameron when Carolco Pictures filed for bankruptcy. His script was rewritten by David Koepp for the 2002 movie "Spider-Man", directed by Sam Raimi. In 1996, James Cameron decided to produce the new installment in the "Planet of the Apes" franchise, but it was cancelled before the Tim Burton version was made. Although Cameron has resided in the United States since 1971, he remains a Canadian citizen. Cameron applied for American citizenship in 2004, but withdrew his application after George W. Bush won the presidential election. Cameron divides his time between his home in California and his second home in New Zealand,