Waugh Will Chronicle BP Oil Spill Disaster For Film

Ric Roman Waugh is in talks to direct the real life drama "Deepwater Horizon" says Deadline.

Matthew Sand wrote the script that is based on The New York Times article which oulined with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April of  2010 , the resulting offshore spill considered to be the second largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.

The film deals with those who worked on the rig and the final minutes up to the disaster, along with the attempt of more than hundred workers to stay alive.

Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian will produce the film