First trailer released for 'Deepwater Horizon' film

We drill into the Deepwater Horizon true story and compare it to the movie. Meet the real Mike Williams, Caleb Holloway and Jimmy Harrell.. Production: What we know about Deepwater Horizon? Key Facts The story, adapted from The New York Times article "Deepwater Horizon's Final Hour," highlights the courage of those who worked on the oil rig when it blew, killing 11 and injuring 16 others. Filming Timeline 2016 - August: The film was set to Completed status.

True-life disaster movie Deepwater Horizon built an oil rig film set in Louisiana to tell the story of the offshore drilling station in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded in the spring of 2010. "Southern Louisiana is a fascinating part of our country where you have this very real dance going on between the big business of oil, which employs a majority of the people, and the spectacular.. The movie Deepwater Horizon is a gripping and intense drama based on the true events of one of the biggest environmental disasters in history. Directed by Peter Berg and released in 2016, the film takes viewers back to April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, located in the Gulf of Mexico, experienced a catastrophic blowout. The subsequent explosion and oil spill resulted in.