‘Titanic’ almost did not happen, Jon Landau reveals how they selected the land for the ship

‘Titanic’ has become a staple in a lot of people’s lives, and its success is unmatched. However, there was once used to be a time when ‘Titanic’ was close to being shut down. Jon Landau, the producer of the film, recently released a book titled ‘THE BIGGER PICTURE’, where he opened up about the beginning days of the film, and how it almost got cancelled as well.

‘Titanic’ almost did not make the theatres

As per reports from The Hollywood Reporter, the star producer talked in depth about making the film and how everything went down. He revealed that the film and production crew went through a lot to ensure and figure out how accurate the history was going to be on the big screen. Not only that, but he also shared that the team even had to figure out how to create a good enough ship for the filming to ensure authenticity.He revealed that the team took almost a year just to check places out in order to confirm where the ship could be built and where the film could be properly shot.

He added that after almost a year, he walked 40 acres of land in Mexico to ensure it was the perfect place, however, they still managed to hit a major challenge.He revealed, “We ran into a hiccup. Jim refused to go down and see the site until the studio had given us the green light, but the studio would not give us the green light until we’d finalized the budget, which we could not do until we’d settled on a location. It was a catch-22: Fox wouldn’t give the okay until Jim made the trip; Jim wouldn’t make the trip until he got the okay.

Someone had to blink, and, as usual, it was not going to be Jim.

But we made use of the extra days.”It was also shared that the budget for the film slowly doubled while reaching post-production. The overall budget reached 200 million USD, and due to this the film was being compared with ‘Ishtar’, ‘Waterworld’, and ‘Cleopatra.’