This movie is supposed to be a Die Hard style thriller starring Laurence Fishburne and has been waiting 18 years for its release date!

Is British director Tony Kaye cursed? Even. We’re obviously referring to his first and terrifying film American History

Shooting under very high voltage

The film will unfortunately be a big flop in cinemas; It won’t even collect $24 million at the international box office. In fact, filming between Norton and the director was very tense. The actor put his two cents into directing and rewriting the script in a way that made the director want to jump on board.

In the end, it was Edward Norton, backed by New Line Cinema, who took care of the final editing himself and placed the film behind the director’s back. Tony Kaye then attempted to remove his name from the credits by filing a lawsuit against the Directors Guild and New Line Cinema, at the request of the famous (now deceased) alias Alan Smith.

In vain, because according to the union, the filmmaker broke one of the rules and revealed to the press why he wanted his name removed. Indeed, he took a generous breath in the columns of Variety and explained that Norton had destroyed the last quarter hour of his film…

A new (dirty) twist of fate

After two previously unreleased films (including the documentary Lake on Fire, which examines the issue of abortion in the United States), Tony Kaye hopes to make a comeback with Black Water Transit, a thriller adapted from the novel of the same name written by Karsten Stroud.

the plot In Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Jack Vermillion, a shipping executive, finds himself in a more difficult situation than expected after agreeing to help the federal authorities with a notorious trafficker and robber.

Although the main role was entrusted to the experienced Laurence Fishburne, the director invited a fairly solid cast around him, including Karl Urban in the role of the antagonist, Stephen Dorff and Brittany Snow.

Here’s the trailer…

Although filming wrapped in August 2007, the film became embroiled in a legal battle with the film’s main financier, Aramid Entertainment, in the following years; The producer was unable to complete and release the film within the time frame agreed with Aramid. It should also be said that Aramid Entertainment has a somewhat unique profile: the company is actually based in the Cayman Islands…

An incredible legal battle began in November 2009, when the film’s producer and his partner, Ron Tutor, were sued. The investment fund, which demanded compensation of 120 million dollars from them.

Three years later, Tony Kaye explained that the editing of the film was still not finished and that he even needed to shoot. In 2014, an agreement was finally reached that prevented Black Water Transit from being released.

In June 2018, eleven years (!) after the supposed last turnaround, which was In the endDefined as the owner of the rights to the film, viz Producer David Bergstein convicted of fraud and sentenced to eight years in prison.

After so many years and such a journey, it’s safe to say that Blackwater Transit will never emerge from the limbo it’s stuck in. Damage…