The trades source stressed that the film would not be a remake but is more inspired by the original, which was written and directed by Gabriel Range.
The made for TV film took place around a fictional disaster, in which a rail train strike is the first in a chain of events that led to a meltdown of the country’s transport system, while Scott and Zaillian are looking into the idea of a man made disaster that ignites a global catastrophe.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
