We have a really good director and writer talking to the navy right now about what’s going on under the water,' original producer Jerry Bruckheimer teased

Jerry Bruckheimer has announced a Crimson Tide sequel is in the works, but will Denzel Washington return? Read on for more.

If he does board the project, Washington will need a new on-screen adversary. Hackman died in February at the age of 95. Tony Scott, the original director of “Crimson Tide,” and Robert Towne, one of its writers, have also died.