AFTER 100 YEARS, TITANIC IS SET TO SAIL AGAIN.

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.
Source: vanguard news