Titanic director James Cameron denies rumour about his involvement in movie about Titan submarine

Titanic director James Cameron has denied rumours which linked him to a film about the implosion of the Titan submarine.

According to reports Mr Cameron has been approached by a streaming network to work on a movie about the five men who died during the OceanGate submersible’s mission to see wreck of the Titanic last month.

The Hollywood filmmaker denied being involved in the film on Saturday, saying: “I don’t respond to offensive rumours in the media usually, but I need to now.

“I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be.”

Cameron, who has visited the wreckage of the famous ocean liner 33 times, was outspoken last month when the Titan submersible lost contact with tour operator OceanGate Expeditions an hour and 45 minutes into the two-hour descent to the wreckage.

He previously told ABC News that he was “struck by the similarity” of the Titan submersible tragedy and the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said on Thursday he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible, saying he had found the hull design risky.

The Titanic sank after its captain Edward J. Smith ordered it to maintain a high speed despite a warning about icebergs.

Mr Cameron said the Titanic and Titan tragedies both preceded by unheeded warnings, saying: “Here were are again.

“And at the same place. Now there’s one wreck lying next to the other wreck for the same damn reason.”

Debris from Titan’s wreckage was found more than four days after communication was lost with the submersible about one hour and 45 minutes into its voyage.

The US Coastguard said the submarine had suffered a catastrophic loss of the vessel’s pressure chamber, as five major pieces of the vessel were found around the Titanic wreckage site.

British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood were killed on board the deep-sea vessel, alongside OceanGate Expeditions’ chief executive Stockton Rush and French national Paul-Henri Nargeolet.

Wreckage from the submersible was later recovered from the ocean floor near the Titanic, with large pieces of debris transported to shore in St John’s, Canada.