The initial trailer for true-life disaster movie Deepwater Horizon
very much focused on Mark Wahlberg's Mike Williams and his family, with just a taste of the chaos he'd encounter on the rig. This new one has some of that, but puts the danger elements very much front and centre. Take a look below.
Peter Berg is in the director's chair for this one, which charts the events on the BP oil rig in the 48 hours leading up to the 2010 disaster and the day itself. The behind-the-scenes tale will highlight stories of real-life heroism around the incident, which were not made public at the time but appeared in the script’s source material, a New York Times article entitled Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hour. The paper’s piece chronicled how 11 people were killed and 16 injured when the rig blew, and gushed oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Matthew Michael Carnahan has adapted the screenplay for the film.
Along with Wahlberg's Williams, we meet his colleagues, including Kurt Russell, Dylan O'Brien and Gina Rodriguez. The new footage certainly shows off the dramatic moments of the pressure building and what happened as the crew scrambled to either repair the damage or evacuate when it became to great for the massive rig to survive.
With Kate Hudson, Ethan Suplee and John Malkovich also in the cast, Deepwater Horizon will be in UK cinemas on September 30.
