James Cameron To Do Underwater 3D Drama

Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:30 AM

Relativity and Universal has bought the rights to James Cameron's "Sanctum".

(”You see, it’s like a flashlight… that you can f’ck,” Cameron explained.)

Relativity and Universal bought the distribution rights and are planning a wide theatrical release for Sanctum, an “underwater 3-D drama” produced by James Cameron. I wonder if this one will have cat people. REEER!Relativity was the first bidder after a screening last Thursday (of the new 3-D technology to be used in the pic) at Cameron’s offices in Santa Monica.

The picture, which has a budget of about $30 million, will lense later this year in Australia and has a late 2010 delivery date.

Pic will be helmed by Alister Grierson (”Kokoda“) from a script by Andrew Wight and John Garvin. Wight is a longtime associate of Cameron’s who helped develop the [Cameron/Pace Fusion Camera system for 3-D technology] seen in documentaries like “Aliens of the Deep” and “Ghosts of the Abyss.”

“Sanctum” was inspired by Wight’s near-death experience of leading a diving expedition miles into a system of underwater caves, then having to find a way out after a freak storm collapsed the entrance. [Variety]So basically, it’s The Descent, but watery and with less sluts. And don’t give me this “near-death” experience crap, they got lost, then found their way out. That’s not a near-death experience, that’s a dude-that-was-scary experience. I have those every time I get high.