A Sequel No One Saw Coming: 'Crimson Tide' Is Back — But Will All the Crew Return?
Three decades later, with Denzel possibly leading the crew again.
In a surprise revelation during his appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer let slip that a sequel to Crimson Tide is quietly moving forward. Yes, that Crimson Tide — the tense, claustrophobic submarine thriller from 1995 that paired Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in a blistering clash of command.
According to Bruckheimer, the project now has a writer-director attached and is already in consultation with the U.S. Navy to keep things authentic beneath the surface.Details remain tightly guarded — as they often do in Hollywood — but the producer offered just enough to raise pulses.
"We have a very good director-writer talking to the Navy right now about what’s going on in the water," Bruckheimer said. And as for Denzel? "We have Denzel. If we give him a good script, I think he’d do it."
Not quite a greenlight, but closer than anyone might have expected. After all, how often does a studio thriller get a follow-up three decades later — and with its original star potentially returning?
The original film, directed by the late Tony Scott, remains a high-water mark for the genre. With a script by Robert Towne (and a famously uncredited polish by Quentin Tarantino), and a thunderous score from Hans Zimmer, Crimson Tide balanced taut action with psychological warfare — all set in the confined depths of a nuclear submarine.
No word yet on who’s taking the helm this time, though the usual suspects — Joseph Kosinski, Christopher McQuarrie — are already being floated by fans.
