James Cameron has denied rumors that he’s engaged on a movie in regards to the implosion of the OceanGate Expeditions submersible that killed 5 individuals on board final month.

“I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now,” Cameron wrote on Twitter Saturday. “I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be.”

The Oscar-winning director’s fervent response comes after The Sun printed an anonymously sourced story Thursday that claimed Cameron, who directed 1997’s hit movie “Titanic,” was gearing as much as helm a undertaking in regards to the deadly Titan voyage to view the Titanic’s wreckage.

The Sun’s story stated the data got here from “insiders.” One supply was quoted as saying, “The Titan disaster is already being looked at as a major series for one of the world’s biggest streamers — and James is the first choice for director. It is a subject close to his heart.”

The supply continued, “He told the story of the Titanic so compassionately it feels like a natural step for him to take this on. Retracing the steps of those on board the Titan is a massive undertaking, but there would be a lot of time, money and resources dedicated to it.”

The article additionally alleged that Cameron was getting ready to faucet a number of of Hollywood’s high stars, together with Matt Damon, to affix the collection.

The incontrovertible fact that the filmmaker appeared in an interview with ABC News to share his ideas on OceanGate following the catastrophe additional fueled the rumors.

Cameron informed ABC News final month: “Many people in the community were concerned about this sub and even wrote letters to the company saying that what they were doing was too experimental and what they were doing needed to be certified.”

Comparing the Titanic to the submersible, he added, “I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship, and yet, he steamed at full speed into an ice field on a moonless night and many died as a result. It’s a very similar tragedy at the exact same site. It’s astonishing and really quite surreal.”

The individuals on OceanGate Expeditions’ Titan submersible died when the vessel is believed to have imploded 1000’s of ft beneath the water whereas on a voyage to see the wreckage of the Titanic within the northern Atlantic.

The world was shocked after studying the sub misplaced contact with the floor, kicking off widespread concern for the individuals aboard because the destiny of the craft remained a thriller for days.

In a separate dialog with BBC News, Cameron admitted that he “felt in my bones” {that a} catastrophe was forward for the Titan after it was introduced that the vessel had vanished.

“For the sub’s electronics to fail, and its communication system to fail, and its tracking transponder to fail simultaneously — sub’s gone,” he stated, including that it “felt like a prolonged and nightmarish charade where people are running around talking about banging noises and talking about oxygen and all this other stuff.”

“I knew that sub was sitting exactly underneath its last known depth and position. That’s exactly where they found it,” he stated.

The U.S. Coast Guard introduced all 5 individuals’s deaths, together with OceanGate Expeditions’ CEO, Stockton Rush, who was working the sub, on June 22 after fragments of the submersible have been found.

OceanGate has since introduced it has suspended all explorations.

The Sun didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.