DisruptiveLA, a marketing and distribution company for filmed entertainment, has acquired the US Distribution Rights to the feature documentary “James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D,” directed by John Bruno, Andrew Wight and Ray Quint.

A film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths, “James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D” tells the story of Cameron’s journey to fulfill his boyhood dream of becoming an explorer.

The movie offers an insight into Cameron’s world as he makes that dream reality – and makes history – by becoming the first person to travel solo to the deepest point on the planet.

Opening August 8 in theaters across the US, “James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D” chronicles the highs, and literal lows, of Deepsea Challenge, the first extensive scientific expedition in a manned submersible to the Challenger Deep, Earth’s deepest place.

It was inspired, in part, by the fact that we know less about the deep oceans than we do about the surface of Mars. Deepsea Challenge was led by Cameron, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker known for blockbusters such as Avatar and Titanic and a veteran of eight deep ocean expeditions.

It was executed in partnership with National Geographic and Rolex and with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

During it, Cameron deployed his unconventional Deepsea Challenger submersible on 13 dives, collecting numerous samples and identifying 68 new species.

On March 26, 2012, the Expedition culminated in Cameron’s historic, solo dive to the Challenger Deep, a staggering 35,787 feet (almost seven miles) beneath the ocean’s surface.

Photo courtesy: DisruptiveLA / Mark Thiessen, National Geographic Filmmaker