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Cameron unveils scenes from 'Titanic' in 3D

LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker James Cameron on Friday unveiled the first scenes from his new 3D version of the mega-blockbuster hit "Titanic," the second biggest earner in film history, ahead of its April 2012 release. Cameron and producer Jon Landau showed 18 minutes of film in the huge screening room at Paramount Studios -- the only major motion picture studio left in old Hollywood. "Titanic" -- which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as star-crossed lovers aboard the ill-fated passenger steamship that struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank in 1912 -- was first released in 1997. The film earned more than $1.8 billion worldwide and 11 Oscars including Best Picture and a Best Director statuette for Cameron. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's "Avatar" shattered the record with more than $2.8 billion in worldwide receipts. The 3D version of "Titanic" will hit theaters in North America on April 6, 2012, four days before the 100th anniversary of the ship's doomed maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. (AFP)