James Cameron Discovery Channel on March 4, 2007. As a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, Cameron re-investigated the sinking of the "Titanic" with eight experts in 2012. The investigation was featured in the TV documentary special "Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron", which premiered on April 8 on the National Geographic Channel. In the conclusion of the analysis, the consensus revised the CGI animation of the sinking conceived in 1995. In June 2005, Cameron was announced to be working on a project tentatively titled "Project 880" (now known to be "Avatar") in parallel with another project, "" (an adaptation of the manga series
RMS Titanic sank and had an actual survivor as its star—the silent film actress Dorothy Gibson. The British film "A Night to Remember" (1958) is still widely regarded as the most historically accurate movie portrayal of the sinking. The most financially successful by far has been James Cameron's "Titanic" (1997), which became the highest-grossing film in history up to that time, as well as the winner of 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Cameron. The "Titanic" disaster was commemorated through a variety of memorials and monuments to the victims, erected in several English-speaking countries