Billionaire Clive Palmer is making a movie, set on his Titanic II, which he says will be 'better' than James Cameron BILLIONAIRE Clive Palmer is making a movie, set on his own Titanic II, which he says will be "a lot better" than James Cameron's award-winning epic. Mr Palmer has applied to trademark Palmer Pictures with the aim of promoting Titanic II in the third quarter of 2014. "My Dad had Palmer Pictures originally back in the 1920s," he said. He was a silent movie star, he made two films in Australia. The mining magnate and recent politician says the script is still being finalised, but he believes the film will be a "worldwide thing." "It will be about its first voyage and some of the things that happen on it," he said. It's a fictional movie, but we're also doing a documentary about the building of Titanic II at the moment, there's film crews working on that. Clive Palmer will use his Titanic II ship to make a film he says will be better than James Cameron's Hollywood version. He said the plot will have "some love in it," adding that he expected it to eclipse James Cameron's Titanic. "It should be a lot better movie than that," he said. I think it will be, the script's looking pretty good at the moment - it's not finished but it's very interesting. While he remained coy about whether any major Hollywood players were involved, he said there was widespread interest. "We've got a number of people wanting to join and a number of production companies wanting to work with us, but we're still working on the script," he said. The application to trademark "Palmer Pictures" includes everything from "the production of motion pictures" to the "transmission of radio and television programs." Lodged in April it also covers a range of goods and services including teddy bears, books, bar services, video recordings, golf club bags and rollerskates. His father, George Palmer, released his first movie during the silent film era at just 16, after reportedly spending years collecting bottles to save up enough cash to fund it. A radio pioneer, he was also involved with television. Queensland lawyer and film maker Chris Nyst said he was intrigued by the "Palmer Pictures" moniker, adding that there was an "absence" of serious players in film distribution in the billionaire and politician's home state. "Film distribution is really about project management, it's about public relations, it's about advertising," he said. And there's no reason a fellow of Palmer's ability and clout couldn't fulfil that role. Mr Nyst said he would encourage Mr Palmer to have a crack at the film market. "He's shown himself to be a capable businessman and film distribution is not rocket science, it's all about understanding the business of film and about having the energy and the wherewithal to put it all in place," he said. I don't know if he's serious about it, but I have no doubt that Palmer could make something of it. Another player out of Queensland would be a very welcome thing, I would have thought.