Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard has hired a highly talented trio to direct his upcoming biographical survival drama. Thirteen lives, with Viggo Mortensen Lord of the Rings, Green Book, Colin Farrell The batmanand Joel Edgerton Warrior now signed. Thirteen lives will narrate the real-life events of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue that saw a youth soccer team and their coach trapped in a cave for a period of 18 days.
The three A-listers will lead a supporting cast comprised of all manner of familiar faces, including Weir Sukollawat (Malila), Thiraphat Sajakul (The snake), Sahajak Boonthanakit (The snake), Vithaya Pansringarm (The prey), Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo (Bad mood), Nophand Boonyai (Only God forgives), Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile), Paul Gleeson (The thin red line) and Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Black tone).
The incident, which took place in 2018, was highly publicized at the time, as many professionals and the village itself came together to rescue and save the lives of members of a youth soccer team who were trapped inside the Tham Luang cave. Nang Non in Chiang Rai province. , Thailand. Twelve members of the team between the ages of eleven and sixteen, and their 25-year-old assistant coach, entered the cave on June 23 after soccer practice. Soon after, heavy rains partially flooded the cave, blocking its exit.
With the rising water level, time was of the essence to pool resources and find a way to carry out the seemingly impossible rescue mission. After spending around 17 days trapped in the cave, the twelve children and their coach were rescued by an international team that included the participation of more than 10,000 people, from divers and rescuers to government agencies and soldiers.
Viggo Mortensen He will play Richard Stanton, a rescue specialist from the Cave Rescue Organization and the British Cave Rescue Council who received the George Medal, the second highest civilian award for bravery. Colin farrell plays John Volanthen, a veteran cave diver who specializes in cave exploration and underwater rescue, while Edgerton plays Dr. Richard Harris, an Australian anesthetist and cave diver with over 30 years of experience who played a crucial role. at the Tham Luang Cave Rescue.
As for the supporting cast of his new Ron Howard Directed film, Sukollawat plays former Thai Navy SEAL Saman Kunan, with Sajakul playing Anand, a Thai Navy SEAL who proved instrumental in the rescue effort. Boonthanakit is on board to play the acting governor of Chiang Rai province, Narongsak Osatanakorn, alongside Pansringarm, who will play General Anuphond. Supapunpinyo will play the youth soccer team coach, “Ek” Ekkaphon Chanthawong, and Boonyai will play Thanet Natisri, a groundwater expert who was brought in by the Thai military to make the brave rescue happen.
Bateman will play Chris Jewell, a dive officer for the British Cave Rescue Council, with Paul Gleeson playing his colleague Jason Mallinson. Finally, Lewis Fitz-Gerald will appear in Thirteen lives as Vernon Unsworth, a British diver and key member of the rescue team.
Thirteen lives It is slated for filming in both Australia and Thailand, with production starting this month. This comes to us courtesy of Term.
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