100 yrs after: ‘Titanic’ ship to
sail again in new movie on october 21, 2013 at 10:47
am in home video people 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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