The Australian Government is placing up A$13 million to Imagine Entertainment and film giant MGM to shoot a live-action feature film referred to as Thirteen Lives, based mostly on the Chiang Rai Tham Luang cave rescue story. The film shall be shot in Queensland, Australia in the hinterland areas behind the Gold Coast.
The movie will be directed by Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo thirteen, The Da Vince Code, Cocoon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Splash, Frost/Nixon), and begin filming in March 2021. The state’s Gold Coast hinterland will double for Thailand with an analogous scorching, humid local weather.
The Australian Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher MP, says the manufacturing should inject greater than A$96 million into the Australian economic system, “directly creating round 435 jobs for solid and crew”.
Fully refundable will tell the remarkable story of the hassle by many volunteers, including Australians, to undertake an extremely complicated rescue. And I am proud to say that this story shall be advised right here in Australia.”
“I perceive this project may also undertake a significant quantity of cutting-edge visible effects work here, a fantastic alternative for our local submit, digital and visible results corporations.”
Thirteen Lives follows the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of the Mu Pa (Wild Boar) football team, trapped in a cave by heavy rain and flooding in Chiang Rai, far north Thailand. After the staff was stuck for days with no provides and falling oxygen levels, a bunch of diving and rescue experts from everywhere in the world had been referred to as up to work together with their Thai counterparts to save the 13 younger males. Among these experts were a group of divers from the United Kingdom and Australia.
The first main characteristic film in regards to the rescue operation was The Cave, launched in October 2019. The film was quite critical of the Thai red-tape which hampered much of the early rescue efforts.
Ron Howard has worked with loads of Australians prior to now.
“From Thirteen Lives to the animated projected I am directing with Animal Logic in Australia, I am excited concerning the opportunity to film and work in Australia and dramatically increase on that listing of collaborators whose sensibilities and work ethic I really have lengthy admired and revered.”
Imagine Entertainment and MGM’s Thirteen Lives will be distributed by Universal Pictures International..