By skyforbes 
We just dropped Part 2 of our deep-dive with Scott Ross, the guy who co-founded Digital Domain with James Cameron and Stan Winston. This chapter covers the madness behind launching DD, the million-dollar compromises, the near-mutiny during Titanic, and how close the company actually came to sinking.
Highlights:
- The two-year gauntlet of investment rejections from Apple, SGI, Microsoft, EA, AT&T, Viacom, and Nintendo.
- The real cost of Titanic: $27M of VFX work budgeted at $18M, with Digital Domain eating the shortfall.
- Cameron’s shoot overruns, brutal overtime, and the post-production bottleneck that nearly killed DD.
- The PCP-laced Titanic set, cast infections, and the “Jim’s war zone” in Rosarito.
- The irony of DD winning an Oscar for Titanic yet almost sank because of it.
If you care about VFX history or chaotic startups, this one’s wild.