Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Machị 8, 2011, a mara ọkwa na Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, na Image Nation enwetala ikike ihe nkiri na "The New York Times" isiokwu "Oge Ikpeazụ nke Deepwater Horizon", nke David Barstow, David S. Rohde, na Stephanie Saul dere, ma bipụtara na Disemba 25, 2010, banyere mgbawa "Deepwater Horizon" nke 2010 na
mmanụ a wụfuru. Matthew Sand bụ onye ga-ede edemede ahụ, ebe Lorenzo di Bonaventura nọ na mkparịta ụka iji mepụta ihe nkiri ahụ n'okpuru ọkọlọtọ Di Bonaventura Pictures ya. Summit na Participant Media/Imagination ga-enyekwa ego maka ihe nkiri ahụ. N'inweta edemede ahụ iji mepụta ihe nkiri, onye isi oche nke Participant Media, Ricky Strauss kwuru,