It was like something out of a movie: After 30 years, a case reopens after new information just came to light.

Last Thursday, the Los Angeles County Sherriff's department announced it was reopening the case of movie star Natalie Wood's death.

On the night of Nov. 19, 1981, the actress inexplicably disappeared from the yacht, Splendour, where she was with her husband, Robert Wagner, and "Brainstorm" co-star Christopher Walken. She was found face down in the water off the shore of Catalina Island in Southern California.

Some of the developments since the reopening have proven to be interesting. For one thing, the captain of the Splendour, Dennis Davern, has come forward saying that his testimony years ago may not have been the whole truth.

When asked why he chose to wait before telling the truth, Davern says that he has been trying to get this information out for years but no one was willing to take on the case again.

Wood's sister, Lana Wood, has also been on the record attesting that Davern began contacting her about the case 10 years after it closed. She says he has told her bits and pieces of information, usually in a highly upset state.

In light of the case, Walken has hired lawyer Matthew Rosengart to represent him in the case's reopening. Meanwhile, Wagner has expressed full support for the new interest given to the case.

Though he has yet to be contacted by the authorities, Wagner's representative has said the actor is comfortable with whatever the outcome of this new investigation may be.