Kate Hudson
Dylan O'Brien
Di Bonaventura Pictures
Lions Gate Entertainment
Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 biographical action, drama, thriller, directed by Peter Berg. It is based on a true story which caused a large natural disaster in the United States.
Synopsis[]
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Cast[]
- Mark Wahlberg as Mike Williams
- Kurt Russell as Brendan
- John Malkovich as Edward
- Gina Rodriguez as Andrea Fleytas
- Dylan O'Brien as Caleb Holloway
- Kate Hudson as Felicia Williams
- Ethan Suplee as Jason Anderson
- Henry Frost as Shane Rosto
- Jeremy Sande as Adam Weise
Production[]
On March 8, 2011, it was announced that Summit Entertainment, Participant Media and Image Nation acquired the film rights to the New York Times' article Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours written by David Barstow, David S. Rohde and Stephanie Saul, released on December 25, 2010, about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill. Matthew Sand was set to write the screenplay while Lorenzo di Bonaventura was in talks to produce the film with his Di Bonaventura Pictures banner. Summit and Participant Media/Imagenation were also said to be financing the film.
Casting[]
On August 19, 2014, casting began with actor Mark Wahlberg added for the lead role in the film. Gina Rodriguez was set on March 18, 2015 to play the female lead role in the film, where Wahlberg would play Mike Williams, an electrician on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, while Rodriguez was set to play Andrea Fleytas, who noticed a blazing at the rig and tried to contact the Coast Guard. Dylan O'Brien was in talks to play Caleb Holloway reported by Deadline on April 10, 2015. Kurt Russell also joined the film on the same day O'Brien was in talks, Russell's role was unspecified yet. Soon after, John Malkovich was confirmed cast as a BP representative who underestimates the dangers of working on the rig. Kate Hudson was announced as a cast member in May, 2015, and will play the wife of Wahlberg's character; her role will be the first on-screen pairing of Hudson and Russell, who raised her as a child. Wahlberg's character was revealed in May 2015, that he would be playing the real-life hero Mike Williams.
Filming[]
Principal photography began on April 27, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Cities Destroyed[]
Dylan, Malaysia
Raxi, Colombia
Janolo, Maryland. United States
Eagle, Mozambique
Underwater, North Dakota. United States
Bluetier, Ukraine
Valonza, Italy
Genia Basu, Arizona. United States
Cape Town, South Africa
Destroyed Disasters
Tornadoes
Lighting Storm
Cold Snap
Car-zone hailstones
Meteor Shower
Sandstorm Zone
Melt Zone
Nuclear Zone