There is news that a movie is in the works titan A diving accident that killed five people earlier this year sparked outrage on social media.
According to Deadline , MindRiot Entertainment and turn black Producer E. Brian Dobbins will collaborate on a film about the incident.Dobbins will serve as co-producer, while MindRiot’s Jonathan Keesi and Justin McGregor will write the film, which currently has a working title, the online news site said salvage.
The announcement follows the U.S. Coast Guard’s June 22 announcement of OceanGate titan The submersible was destroyed in a “catastrophic implosion.” The vessel was diving off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, to the scene of the accident. Titanic destroy.Implosion killed everyone titanof five households.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush joins titanas well as French submersible pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet; British adventurer Hamish Harding; British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood; and his 19-year-old son Suleiman Dawood Germany (Suleman Dawood).
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Deadline adds that the upcoming film will cover the time period before, during and after the tragedy. After the submersible went missing on June 18, the United States and Canada conducted a massive, high-profile search that lasted several days.
Kissi, a lawyer-turned-filmmaker, said of the project: “ titan The tragedy is yet another example of a system of misinformation and rapid-fire raids; where our 24/7 media cycle convicts and ruins so many lives without any due process.
“Not only will our film commemorate all those involved in the diving tragedy and their families, but the feature will also serve as a vehicle to address larger concerns about the nature of media today.
“The truth is what matters,” Kissi added. “The world has always had a right to know the truth, not the lewd bait shoved down our throats by those seeking their five minutes of fame. Life is not black and white. It is complex. There are nuances. There are always nuances.”
News of the project sparked outrage on social media, with many expressing concerns about the film’s release date.
“It seems too early,” Read one of X’s commentsthe original tweet, and another tweeted that the filmmakers didn’t even wait for the one-year anniversary of the tragedy to move forward with plans for the film.
Another person echoed the sentiment, writing “Not even a year and y’all are sick.”
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Another netizen reiterated the project’s timing in relation to the tragedy, commenting: “Didn’t they die five minutes ago?????”
However, some X users wrote that they were looking forward to seeing a dramatized version of the tragedy that dominated the news cycle at the time.
One commented: “A movie has to be made”, while another added that they “will sit back and my comments will be ruthless”.
“We already knew this was coming,” another X user wrote. “Watch it become a blockbuster.”
Weekly newspaper OceanGate representatives were contacted via email for comment.
This will be the first film about titan tragedy.Days after the submersible disappeared, the British television network Channel 5 aired a documentary titled Titanic Submarine: Lost at Sea.In September, MindRiot launched a video game called salvagefocusing on Kyle Bingham, OceanGate’s former mission director.
There have been speculations before Titanic Director James Cameron, who has visited the wreck several times, will make a film about the Ocean Gate submersible.
Cameron refutes rumors wrote in X post Back in July: “I don’t usually respond to offensive rumors in the media, but I need to do so now. I do not and will never talk about the Ocean’s Gate movie.”
Following the tragedy, OceanGate Expedition said it had suspended all exploration and commercial operations. These remain on hold, according to the company’s website.
