"Risky Business: Hollywood Bets Big on ‘Deepwater Horizon’

"In Hollywood, films like “Deepwater Horizon” are not supposed to exist.

When a movie’s production budget climbs past $100 million, the money usually flows to superheroes, sequels or remakes. Not to a film based on the last hours of a doomed oil drilling rig whose fiery demise led to one of the largest environmental disasters in American history.

“I give Lionsgate a ton of credit to bet a large amount of money on a story that is definitely going against the grain of what Hollywood is doing right now,” said Lorenzo di Bonaventura, the veteran producer who shepherded “Deepwater Horizon.” “It took a lot of guts. And they never blinked.”"

Lorne Manly reports for the New York Times September 22, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Grief And Celebration Mingle At Star-Studded 'Deepwater Horizon' Premiere In New Orleans" (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Roger Ebert Review of 'Deepwater Horizon'