Would You Watch a Movie About the BP Oil Spill?

People love a disaster movie: "Independence Day," "Armageddon," and "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" are all good examples.

But breaking news out of Hollywood takes the term "disaster movie" to a new level, as Summit Entertainment and Participant Media have acquired the rights to a New York Times article on the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.

Pre-production should start right away on the project, which aims to portray the events leading up to the BP oil spill based on the investigative piece "Deepwater Horizon's Final Hour."

But the people behind the film aren't looking to point fingers or reveal ineptitude: they're leaving that to the documentarians. Summit president of production Erik Feig described the plot this way: "This film will portray the great heroism that took place last year on the Deepwater Horizon rig and how colleagues so courageously came to each other's aid."

"This piece in The New York Times evoked the raw emotion these brave men experienced and endured throughout the tragedy that took place in April of last year, and we hope to evoke the same emotions for our audience with this movie."

Participant is known for creating social action and advocacy programs for each of their films, so there will likely be some activism involved with the production, even if the film itself centers solely on the human experience.