As if it were the billboard announcement of the weekend. Deadline confirmed this Friday that the tragedy of the Titan submersible, from the OceanGate company, will be brought to the big screen, it has captured the attention of the North American film industry and the general public. According to Variety, the film would already have the title: Salvaged. It will be produced by E. Brian Dobbins, known for his work on the horror comedy The Blackening (2022), and in collaboration with Justin MacGregor and Jonathan Keasey of MindRiot Entertainment, who are also working on a documentary series about Kyle Bingham. , the former mission director of OceanGate.
The tragedy that inspires this film occurred in June 2023, when the Titan disappeared during an underwater expedition in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, near the wreckage of the Titanic. The submersible, with a crew of five people on board, lost contact with the surface after one hour and 45 minutes of immersion. Four days after she disappeared, a remotely operated submersible vehicle found debris near the wreckage of the Titanic, suggesting that the Titan had imploded.
Salvaged aims to explore the scenarios surrounding this tragedy from multiple perspectives, spanning “periods before, during and after the tragedy,” according to Deadline.
“The Titan tragedy is reminiscent of the space shuttle Challenger disaster of 1986: it is a tragedy I will never forget,” MacGregor tells The Guardian. The film will also question the responsibility of the media in the search for truth and the preservation of people’s dignity in moments of crisis that can condemn and/or destroy lives, inviting viewers to reflect on unbridled media attention. .
Following the rescue of the wreckage of the Titan, it was rumored that Titanic director James Cameron would make a film based on the tragedy and related to the famous liner, but he quickly distanced himself and tweeted, calling the reports “offensive” and that he would never be involved in a film about this tragedy.
