This emerged out of nowhere! Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed that a sequel to Crimson Tide, one of the best submarine thrillers ever made, is in the works right now. Not only that, but it sounds like Denzel Washington could be returning, too.
Bruckheimer revealed the news to Rich Eisen, and said that a writer/director is already in place and doing research with the Navy right now. Of course, he didn’t want to say who that is. He also mentioned that Denzel could come back if the script holds up…
“We have a very good director-writer talking to the Navy right now about what’s going on in the water,” Bruckheimer said. “We have Denzel. If we give him a good script, I think he’d do it.”
Released in 1995, Crimson Tide was directed by the late Tony Scott and starred Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman as officers aboard a nuclear submarine, clashing over an order to launch missiles at a Russian base. The film was not only a big hit, earning $157M, but also three Oscar nominations.
So who is the director going to be? It seems like Joseph Kosinski has too much on his plate following F1, plus Top Gun 3, a UFO movie, and a possible F1 sequel. The next logical choice would be Christopher McQuarrie, but I’m going to bet it’s Joachim Rønning who Bruckheimer worked with on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Young Woman and the Sea.
