Star Wars used to hold the all time box office record for receipts. Then along came ET. Star Wars eclipsed ET when it was released with additional footage and special effects. But it did not hold the record for long. James Cameron’s Titanic soon claimed first place. Only recently has it been surpassed by Avatar.
Now that Star Wars is getting a 3-D makeover, it is time to have Titanic remade in 3-D. Just think, girls get to swoon over Leonardo DiCaprio all over again. If you cannot wait until 2012, then you can see the movie in 2-D on October 8th on TNT in the United States.
Early 2012 suddenly is shaping up as a major launchpad for classic blockbusters bowing in 3D, with Paramount, Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment mulling the 3D rerelease of James Cameron’s “Titanic” in April of that year.
That could put “Titanic” in theaters mere weeks after the 3D reissue of George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” from Fox and Lucasfilm. Plans were announced this week to send out the first in a planned series of “Star Wars” rereleases sometime between February and April of 2012.
April 15, 2012, marks the 100th anniversary of Titanic slipping into the icy Atlantic, and Paramount marks its own centennial the same month. But it’s possible that “Titanic” could be released as early as that year’s oft-lucrative Valentine’s Day weekend.
