Film on Titanic submersible blast in the works
The Oceangate Titanic submersible tragedy, which shocked the world with its heartbreaking consequences, will be adapted on the silver screen.
MindRiot Entertainment recently revealed plans to develop a film about the OceanGate submersible disaster.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. According to Deadline, MindRiot unveiled the film, a fictional effort, titled "Salvaged", on Friday.
E Brian Dobbins, famed for his work on "The Blackening", will co-produce, and MindRiot's Justin MacGregor and Jonathan Keasey will co-write the script.
According to the story, the production will span the time between the OceanGate submersible's descent to the Titanic debris and the revelation that the submersible had exploded. Throughout the five-day ordeal, the search-and-rescue crew remained on the lookout for the five passengers.
"The Titan Tragedy is yet another example of a misinformed and quick-to-pounce system, in this case, our nonstop, 24-7 media cycle that convicts and ruins the lives of so many people without any due process," Jonathan told Deadline.
"Our movie will not only honour all those involved in the submersible tragedy and their families, but it will also address a larger problem about the role of media today," added Jonathan.
"Truth is all that matters," he added. "And the world has the right to know the truth, not the lurid bait shoved down our throats by those looking for their five minutes of fame," stated the scriptwriter.
"Life isn't always black and white. It's difficult. There is subtlety. There is always nuance," concluded Jonathan.
MindRiot had already announced an OceanGate docuseries with the same title in September.
In July, "Titanic" filmmaker James Cameron denied "offensive" rumours that he wanted to develop a film about the OceanGate disaster. Less than a month after the submersible wreckage was discovered, he set the story straight on X, formerly Twitter.
"I don't respond to offensive rumours in the media usually, but I need to now," Cameron wrote on Twitter. "I'm not in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be."
Cameron, a long-time member of the diving community, stated publicly throughout the incident that he had expertise developing vehicles capable of surviving the depths that the Titan could not, and that he had personally visited the Titanic's wreck 33 times. The director and deep-sea explorer performed a historic solo dive to the Challenger Deep, the world's deepest known point, in 2012.
Cameron was personally touched by the catastrophe since his old friend, French Titanic explorer, Paul-Henri "P H" Nargeolet, was amongst the passengers killed in the Titanic's sinking.
On June 22, a search for the missing submarine that was heading to the Titanic disaster halted when debris on the ocean surface was discovered that was likely caused by a "catastrophic implosion," thought to be that of Titan.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, British Pakistani millionaire Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman Dawood, 19, British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, were all aboard the Titanic when it went down on Father's Day and disintegrated.
The US Coast Guard announced days later that "presumed human remains" were discovered while combing through the debris. What was thought to be survivors "were carefully recovered" from the debris, and the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) transported them for additional analysis and testing.
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