--- title: James Cameron Will make a Titanic Documentary with Nat Geo description: James Cameron is making a documentary with National Geographic to address what he got right — and wrong — with 'Titanic.' canonical: https://time.com/4874863/james-cameron-titanic-documentary/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-26T18:09:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:54.255Z og:title: James Cameron Is Now Making a 'Titanic' Documentary og:description: "Did I really get it right?" og:url: https://time.com/4874863/james-cameron-titanic-documentary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d032472df57ccd3/6988d744196cf45ceb041302/james-cameron-titanic-documentary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kate Winslet And Leonardo DiCaprio In 'Titanic' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: James Cameron Is Now Making a 'Titanic' Documentary twitter:description: "Did I really get it right?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d032472df57ccd3/6988d744196cf45ceb041302/james-cameron-titanic-documentary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Never Let Go Because James Cameron Is Revisiting _Titanic_ With a Documentary  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 26, 2017 6:09 PM UTC  Kate Winslet offers her hand to Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film 'Titanic', 1997\. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images) Kate Winslet offers her hand to Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film 'Titanic', 1997\. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)Archive Photos—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 26, 2017 6:09 PM UTC It’s been nearly two decades since we were first introduced to [the tragic love saga of Jack and Rose in _Titanic_](http://time.com/4656542/keke-palmer-mad-titanic/), but that doesn’t mean that fans or [James Cameron](http://time.com/4685241/james-cameron-bill-paxton/) are ready to let go of the film. According to [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/25/james-cameron-nat-geo-titanic-20th-anniversary-documentary/), the _Titanic_ director will be revisiting the iconic film with a one-hour documentary special for National Geographic where he will “reassess” whether or not he “got it right,” a moot point for fans that [still believe there was plenty of room for Jack to join Rose on that door.](http://fortune.com/2017/01/31/titanic-james-cameron-jack-rose/) “When I wrote the film, and when I set out to direct it, I wanted every detail to be as accurate as I could make it, and every harrowing moment of the ship’s final hours accounted for,” Cameron said in a statement. “I was creating a living history; I had to get it right out of respect for the many who died and for their legacy. But did I really get it right?” In addition to examining the production and historical accuracy of the film, the project will also delve into Cameron’s personal journey while making the film. He’s not the only one who can’t let go of _Titanic_ — [Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are currently auctioning off a dinner with themselves for charity.](http://people.com/movies/leonardo-dicaprio-and-kate-winslet-reunite-to-auction-off-a-dinner-with-themselves-for-charity/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4874863/james-cameron-titanic-documentary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4874863/james-cameron-titanic-documentary/"},"headline":"Never Let Go Because James Cameron Is Revisiting Titanic With a Documentary","datePublished":"2017-07-26T18:09:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:54.255Z","description":"\"Did I really get it right?\"","url":"https://time.com/4874863/james-cameron-titanic-documentary/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","titanic","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d032472df57ccd3/6988d744196cf45ceb041302/james-cameron-titanic-documentary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d032472df57ccd3/6988d744196cf45ceb041302/james-cameron-titanic-documentary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kate Winslet And Leonardo DiCaprio In 'Titanic'","caption":"Kate Winslet And Leonardo DiCaprio In 'Titanic'","creditText":"Archive Photos—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4874863/james-cameron-titanic-documentary/","name":"Never Let Go Because James Cameron Is Revisiting Titanic With a Documentary"}}]}] ```