and destroying both ships and the Octalus. Finnegan and Trillian reach the island, where they find and reunite with Joey, whom they thought had died. As the three are catching their breath, a loud roar echoes from the jungle; the camera pulls back, revealing the island to have an active volcano in the distance as something big comes crashing through the trees towards the beach. Finnegan is then heard asking "Now what?" one last time. Cast Treat Williams as John Finnegan Famke Janssen as Trillian St. James Anthony Heald as Simon Canton Kevin J. O'Connor as Joey Pantucci Wes Studi as Hanover Derrick O'Connor as Captain H.W. Atherton Jason Flemyng as Mulligan Clifton Powell as Mason Cliff Curtis as Mamooli Trevor Goddard as T-Ray Djimon Hounsou as Vivo Una Damon as Leila Clint Curtis as Billy Warren Takeuchi as Radar Man Linden Banks as Communications Officer Jack Anker as Corpse Anne-Simone as Video Vault Woman Leanne Adachi as Toilet Lady Melanie Carr as Dealer Colin McCarlie as Sonar Man Jim May as Mystery Man Jana Sommers as Party Girl Marti Baldecchi as Party Girl Rana Morrison as Woman on Cruise Ship Production Stephen Sommers began writing the script to Deep Rising, then called Tentacle, when he worked at Hollywood Pictures in the mid-1990s. Claire Forlani was originally cast as Trillian St. James, but dropped out after just three days, due to creative differences with Sommers, and Famke Janssen was subsequently cast. Janssen almost did not get the part because the producers felt she was too recognizable from GoldenEye, but they relented. Harrison Ford turned down the role of John Finnegan, which later went to Treat Williams, and the film's budget was later downsized. Filming for Deep Rising began on June 12, 1996, and lasted until October 18 of that year. The film was originally set for release in the fall of 1997, but was delayed until the following February 1998. Industrial Light and Magic was responsible for the film's special effects while Rob Bottin who had previously worked on The Thing and on Paul Verhoven's RoboCop was hired as the special makeup effects designer. The exterior shots of the cruise ship Argonautica was created by CGI, and is an original design not based on any existing vessel. Two models of the cruise ship were created, a model for shots of the Argonautica on the ocean, and a model for the