Cameron dives into a new movie
James Cameron is plunging back into deep waters with his first scripted feature film since setting the all-time box office record and winning the best picture Oscar for 1997’s Titanic.
The filmmaker, who recently directed the 3-D documentary Ghosts Of The Abyss, will direct a film about the love story between freediver Francisco ’Pipin’ Ferreras and his wife Audrey Mestre.
After learning the extreme sport of freediving under the tutelage of her Cuban-born husband and breaking his record, Mestre died last year as she tried to beat her world record of descending more than 557 feet while holding a single breath of air in her lungs.
Cameron, who will also produce the film, has bought the rights to Ferreras’ life story and the autobiography he is writing, reports Daily Variety.
The director will be on hand on October 12 when, with the aid of two manned submersibles he will record an event that will be seminal to the film - Ferreras’ plans to attempt to match his wife’s world record in Cabo San Lucas, where they met and where he taught her to dive.
It will be Ferreras’ first free dive attempt since January 2000 when he set a then world record of 531 feet which was later beaten by Mestre.
“The amazing love and passion that Pipin and Audrey shared for each other and the sea moved us all,” Cameron’s producing partner Rae Sanchini told the newspaper. “Jim knew immediately that he wanted to be the filmmaker who told their story.”
