6 Movie Production Companies Fighting To Produce Thai Cave Rescue Movie

2018-07-25 , 5:49 pm

It’s been only 13 days after the epic rescue of the 12 Thailand boys and their coach.

And six days after the football team spoke to the media for the first time.

And Hollywood is moving.

Even before the rescue operation was completed, Hollywood arrived

On 10 July, 2 American producers arrived at the site of even before all the boys and their coach were rescued from the cave.

Michael Scott and co-producer Adam Smith were conducting interviews around the Tham Luang cave site, hoping to find stories to make into a Hollywood movie.

“I see this as a major Hollywood film with A-list stars.”

They plan to seek exclusive rights to the stories from the foreign rescuers, Thai Navy Seals, the victims and their families.

When asked if they thought that their actions could be deemed insensitive, they simply said that they have to do it.

“There’s going to be other production companies coming in so we have to act pretty quickly.”

6 Production Companies Now in International Showdown To Produce The Movie

With the incident “trending” on the global stage, whoever’s making this movie is guaranteed to succeed.

Unless it sucked damn bad. So it’s no wonder that 6 production companies are now fighting each other to produce the movie.

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Thailand’s culture minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said that 5 foreign movie production companies have proposed to make a documentary and a movie about the daring Thai Cave rescue.

Two of them contacted private agencies in Thailand while the remaining three approached the Foreign Ministry for the rights.

The last movie production company is De Warrenne Productions, a Thai production company.

They said they are working on a script that will focus on the Thai element and the unsung heroes.

Some of the contenders for the rights

So, while it wasn’t explicitly said which foreign companies are actually fighting to get the rights, there are some who are revealed straight off the bat.

PureFlix

Pure Flix joins the rest of the world in thanking God for answering prayers for the successful rescue of those trapped in the cave in Thailand.

Managing partner Michael Scott, from his home in Thailand, has been helping at the cave rescue in Chiang Rai the past 4 days. pic.twitter.com/htt1vN9oU1

— Pure Flix (@PureFlix) July 10, 2018

If you remember, Michael Scott was mentioned near the start of the article for being on the scene even before the kids were rescued.

He said that his wife grew up with the Thai Navy Seal diver who died. And he wants to bring this story and inspire millions across the world.

“Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu and Ivanhoe Pictures

After PureFlix announced their intention to produce a movie, Jon M. Chu and Ivanhoe Pictures teamed up again to produce a movie for the Thai Cave rescue.

Jumping on Hollywood’s tendency to whitewash everything, Chu said he won’t let this happen.

This is a story of human beings helping other human beings.

In other words, don’t make the Thai kids American.

Discovery has also ordered a one-hour special documentary of the Thai Cave Rescue.

The documentary seeks to explain how and why the team got trapped, how they survived and the many challenges of the rescue.

Thailand to set up a special committee

The Ministry of Culture in Thailand is thinking of setting up an ad hoc committee.

The committee will handle the copyright of the information related to the Tham Luang cave rescue operations.

Culture Minister Veera Rotepojanarat believe that information about the rescue operation wouldn’t be distorted.

But with a national ad hoc panel, the kids and their coach will have their right of privacy protected.

Meanwhile, Savage Memes Appear on the Net

Remember the part about whitewashing and Hollywood? Jon M. Chu wasn’t the only one to think that way.

And savage memes have made their way to the internet.

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