--- description: Mark Walhberg is in talks with Lionsgate to star as a heroic manager in Deepwater Horizon, a movie about the 2010 BP oil spill title: Mark Wahlberg Could Be Starring in a BP Oil Spill Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt961608a20932f225/6986a02735ba6f23e4c03783/453364068.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mark Wahlberg Could Be Starring in a Movie About the BP Oil Spill by [Melissa Hellmann](/author/melissa-hellmann/) ## Melissa Hellmann Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 10:09 AM CUT  Mark Wahlberg is seen on the set of 'Ted 2' on August 08, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. Mark Wahlberg is seen on the set of 'Ted 2' on August 08, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.Stickman/Bauer-Griffin—GC Images by [Melissa Hellmann](/author/melissa-hellmann/) ## Melissa Hellmann Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 10:09 AM CUT Mark Wahlberg may be [offered](http://deadline.com/2014/08/mark-wahlberg-in-talks-to-star-in-deepwater-horizon-821321/ "undefined") a role in a forthcoming movie based off of the 2010 BP oil spill. _Deepwater Horizon_ will be directed by J.C. Chandor for Liongate’s Summit Entertainment, industry news site _Deadline Hollywood_ reports. The _Hollywood Reporter_ also [says](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mark-wahlberg-talks-star-bp-726302?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined") that Wahlberg is in talks with Lionsgate, and says the parties have not begun negotiating a deal. The movie, which will be a dramatization of a New York _Times_ article entitled _Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hour_, details the 48-hours leading up to and shortly after the disaster, _Deadline Hollywood_ reports. The BP oil rig exploded off Louisiana’s coast in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others, in what is considered the worst marine oil spill in history. Wahlberg, who recently played in Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s _Transformers: Age of Extinction,_ would star as a manager who tries to rescue his crew after the rig explosion. The film will be produced by di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian and is set to begin production by the summer of 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3147499/mark-wahlberg-bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-lionsgate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3147499/mark-wahlberg-bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-lionsgate/"},"headline":"Mark Wahlberg Could Be Starring in a Movie About the BP Oil Spill","datePublished":"2014-08-20T10:09:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:45:37.326Z","description":"He would play the part a manager who rescues his crew members","url":"https://time.com/3147499/mark-wahlberg-bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-lionsgate/","keywords":["movies","mark wahlberg","entertainment","New York Times","Louisiana","Transformers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt961608a20932f225/6986a02735ba6f23e4c03783/453364068.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Hellmann","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-hellmann/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt961608a20932f225/6986a02735ba6f23e4c03783/453364068.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings In Boston - August 08, 2014","caption":"Celebrity Sightings In Boston - August 08, 2014","creditText":"Stickman/Bauer-Griffin—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3147499/mark-wahlberg-bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-lionsgate/","name":"Mark Wahlberg Could Be Starring in a Movie About the BP Oil Spill"}}]}] ```