A movie about the failed Titan submersible is already in the works

The film will comply with the occasions that passed off earlier than, throughout, and after the Titan’s implosion, Deadline experiences. In June, the Titan submersible set off on a journey to tour the wreckage of the Titanic on the backside of the Atlantic Ocean. After shedding contact with the floor, the US Coast Guard discovered that the Titan skilled a “catastrophic implosion” on the best way down, killing all 5 passengers on board, together with the CEO of OceanGate, Stockton Rush.

MindRiot’s Justin MacGregor and Jonathan Keasey will co-write the upcoming movie. “Our movie won’t solely honor all these concerned within the submersible tragedy, and their households, however the characteristic will function a vessel that additionally addresses a extra macro concern concerning the nature of media as we speak,” Keasey says in an announcement to Deadline.

Moreover, MindRiot is engaged on a docuseries, titled Salvaged, concerning the lifetime of former OceanGate mission director Kyle Bingham, centering across the many dives Bingham made aboard the submersible.