Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 8 ga Maris, 2011, an sanar da cewa Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, da Image Nation sun sami haƙƙin fim ɗin zuwa "The New York Times" labarin "Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours", wanda David Barstow, David S. Rohde, da Stephanie Saul suka rubuta, kuma aka buga a ranar 25 ga Disamba, 2010, game da fashewar "Deepwater Horizon" ta 2010 da kuma
zubar da man fetur da ta biyo baya. An saita Matthew Sand don rubuta rubutun, yayin da Lorenzo di Bonaventura ke tattaunawa don samar da fim ɗin a ƙarƙashin tutar Di Bonaventura Pictures. Taron koli da Media / Imagination na mahalarta suma za su ba da kuɗin fim ɗin. Bayan samun labarin don bunkasa fim, shugaban Kamfanin Participant Media, Ricky Strauss ya ce,