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
Titanic (1997 film) "We labored the last six months on "Titanic" in the absolute knowledge that the studio would lose $100 million. It was a certainty," he stated. As the film neared release, "particular venom was spat at Cameron for what was seen as his hubris and monumental extravagance". A film critic for the "Los Angeles Times" wrote that "Cameron's overweening pride has come close to capsizing this project" and that the film was "a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances". When the film became a success, with an unprecedented box office performance, it was credited for being a love story