'Titanic 2' to pick up where the first movie left off

Posted Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 4:46 PM Central
Last updated Friday, June 11, 2010 at 9:47 AM Central

by John Couture

I'm sure that headline caused quite a few of you to click through on principle alone, to see if I were pulling your leg or if somehow they were indeed going to make a sequel to Titanic. Well, the answer is a little bit of both actually.

According to this New York Craigslist ad, a company called Megamonolith Pictures is holding an open casting call for a film entitled "Titanic 2: Mermaid Saviors." And yes, they claim that the action in their movie will pick up right where after the Titanic sinks.

So, in essence, there may be a sequel made, but it won't be from any of the original people from Titanic. In other words, James Cameron is not involved. Although, reading the synopsis of the movie, it's not hard to imagine this film springing from his imagination after witnessing what he came up with in Avatar.

Again, according to the ad, "the film begins moments after the sinking of the Titanic. All who have drowned are brought back to life by a futuristic race of mermaids, called the Mantocks, who welcome the humans to their underwater paradise. Soon after, JACK DAWSON is elected king of the underwater humans. DAWSON requests that all humans be returned above water, a request that is denied by KING MANTROCK. The humans are slowly brainwashed into worshiping their mermaid saviors. Meanwhile, the sunken TITANIC has become a haunted underwater wasteland inhabited by RAGGARO and his band of mermaid pirates. Will the humans ever free themselves from their mermaid slavery? Will the mermaid pirates wage war on Mantock?"

Well, if the mermaids are blue, this could be an easy way for Cameron to sequelize both of his high grossing movies at the same time. I mean, he has gone on the record as stating his intention is to focus on the oceans and the native peoples that live there in his Avatar sequel.

It's too bad that Cal Hockley didn't meet his demise on-board the ship because I bet Billy Zane would jump at the opportunity to reprise his character. What say you, oh loyal readers? Total fake or legitimate movie? And would you ever watch it if it indeed gets made?