Jerry Bruckheimer Has Crimson Tide Sequel Planned
A Crimson Tide sequel could be on the horizon as producer Jerry Bruckheimer works on the logistics of developing the project.
In 1995, the summer movie season got off to a bang with a May release called Crimson Tide that starred Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. Now Jerry Bruckheimer believes he has enough of a compelling new sequel idea to make Denzel Washington sign on to appear in the follow-up film which has been 30 years in the making. Bruckheimer says he has a scribe and a director talking to the navy to help make the new upcoming project even more authentic.
Mostly set aboard a submarine, Crimson Tide was a solid box-office hit. Washington played a Lt. Commander who is enlisted by a Captain (Hackman) to help prevent a nuclear attack. When Hackman’s character grows more intense and is intent on acting almost immediately, Washington’s character becomes more set on re-thinking the captain’s original plan and reassessing the situation to stop things from spiraling out of control.
Washington’s participation in the new project is solely based on how well the actor responds to the script, according to sources. Tony Scott, the director of the original, and Gene Hackman are both deceased now. That means it would be closer to a standalone film than a truly noticeable sequel to 1995’s action hit. It all depends on which writer and director Bruckheimer has in mind for the new project. Hackman’s forceful performance carried at least half of the weight of the 1995 movie so it will be hard to replace him if the new film plans on bringing back the original character. Something tells us, however, there’ll probably be a new character in his place.
Crimson Tide earned a solid “A” CinemaScore grade and helped make Denzel Washington a big box-office draw given his excellent performance in the drama heavy picture. The 1995 film earned a respectable $91 million domestically and an impressive $66 million internationally. Still, those numbers don’t really cry out the necessity for a sequel over 30 years later. This was not a Top Gun-level smash by any means. Everything is dependent on the ultimate finished script and Washington’s agreeance on participating in it in order for the new project to get off the ground.
While Crimson Tide was powerfully acted, I don’t think it’s necessarily as good a movie as Con Air or The Rock which were both bigger movies at the box-office from the same decade and from the same producer. Crimson Tide felt like the type of “one and done” action film that used to be commonplace in Hollywood in the 1990’s, but if Denzel likes the script and participates in Crimson Tide 2, I’d certainly be curious to see it.
Leave your thoughts on Jerry Bruckheimer’s thoughts of a potential Crimson Tide 2 below in the comments section. Readers seeking to support this type of content can visit our Patreon Page and become one of FilmBook’s patrons. Readers seeking more movie news can visit our Movie News Page, our Movie News Twitter Page, and our Movie News Facebook Page. Want up-to-the-minute notifications? FilmBook staff members publish articles by Email, Mobile App, Google News, Apple News, Feedly, Twitter, Faceboo