DEEPWATER HORIZON Trailer: Say Hi to Your Oil For Me
Here's the first trailer for Deepwater Horizon, the movie adaptation of the 2010 oil disaster that caused the largest spill in U.S. waters in history. Peter Berg reteams with his Lone Survivor star Mark Wahlberg (hence the headline) to bring this story to life, and Wahlberg — who also starred in The Basketball Diaries, Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, Invincible, The Fighter, and Pain & Gain — really has a thing for acting in these based-on-a-true-story movies.
Unfortunately, this is a pretty terrible trailer with an on-the-nose juxtaposition about a Coke can and the oil rig that is one of those things that would have been too perfect had it happened in real life. If that's what they're using as the selling point of the trailer, I'm not sure that bodes very well for the final movie.
On April 20, 2010, the world’s largest man-made disaster occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (Lone Survivor), this story honors the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyone’s lives forever.
The film co-stars Kurt Russell, Ethan Suplee, John Malkovich, Kate Hudson, Gina Rodriguez, and Dylan O'Brien, and it hits theaters on September 30.