10 Yrs after:"Titanic "ship to sail again in new movie

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian mining tycoon, dinosaur
park enthusiast and political force Clive Palmer
Monday pegged out a new role for himself — a
deckchair cameo in a movie he plans about the
Titanic. Palmer has made waves with his bid to build Titanic
II — a replica of the doomed luxury liner which
sank more than a century ago — which is
scheduled to make its first Atlantic crossing in
2016. “Due to worldwide interest in @titanic_ii I’ve
registered ‘Palmer Pictures’. Will look at making a
movie about its maiden voyage #titanic,” he
tweeted. “@titanic_ii The ship where dreams come true,” he
added later. Palmer, who has won a seat in the Australian
parliament pending an ongoing recount after the
success of his Palmer United Party in September
elections, told the AAP news agency that the movie
would be filmed aboard his liner. “It will be a love story,” he said. “We have a lot of actors from Hollywood, China and
Europe who want to star in roles.” Palmer said his version of the Titanic would be “a
lot better” than James Cameron’s 1997 global hit
starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. “I could be in a deckchair having a drink,” he
added of his dream to make a cameo appearance. Global interest in Titanic II has prompted Palmer’s
latest film move, he said. “My father George had Palmer Pictures originally
back in the 1920s and he made two silent films in
Australia,” he said in a statement, adding that there
were also plans for a documentary on the ship’s
maiden voyage. “The script is still being worked on and of course
we would be seeking major Hollywood stars and
production people to be involved in the movie
project,” he said. Palmer’s Titanic II will feature modern modifications
but try to remain as true as possible to the original,
which went down after hitting an iceberg in 1912.
He has said construction will begin next March in
China. The original Titanic, which was built in Belfast, sank
on its first trip from Southampton in England to New
York, killing more than 1,500 passengers and crew. Palmer, a larger-than-life character who made a
fortune in mining, is also a real estate developer
and tourism resort operator who is planning to
build “the world’s biggest” park of giant robotic
dinosaurs at his Coolum Resort on Australia’s
Sunshine Coast.

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