A Movie Based on the Thai Cave Rescue Is Already in the Works
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The rescue of a boys soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand, a gripping news story that has received worldwide attention, will become a movie from Pure Flix Entertainment, the faith-based production outfit behind the God's Not Dead film franchise.
Michael Scott, the CEO and co-founder of Pure Flix, has been on the scene of the rescue for several days, as he lives in Thailand part-time.
"The bravery and heroism I've witnessed is incredibly inspiring, so, yes, this will be a movie for us," Scott told The Hollywood Reporter during a phone call from Thailand.
Scott said he will likely release the pic under Pure Flix's more mainstream banner called Pinnacle Peak, which is also releasing Little Women.
"It's not necessary to make this a Christian film, just an inspirational one," he said.
Scott said he has spoken to some of the 90 divers involved in the rescue mission and, via his Thai contacts, some of the family members of boys who were trapped in the cave, though not the boys themselves as they are still hospitalized.
The team's ordeal began June 23 when rising water trapped them inside a cave, and the last of the dozen boys and one coach were rescued on Tuesday.
The producer said he will be lining up screenwriters in the next few weeks and the film will be co-produced by Adam Smith of Kaos Entertainment. It will carry a budget of $30 million to $60 million, larger than most movies from Pure Flix and Pinnacle.
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Source 1: A Movie Is In the Works About the Thai Rescue Mission
Source 2: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/american-studio-pure-flix-is-reportedly-making-thai-cave-rescue-into-movie
Source 3: Thai Cave Rescue to Get Movie Treatment | Hollywood Reporter
Knowing Pure Flix they're gonna make the villain be a Satanic liberal who gets smited at the end.
Also featuring The Rock
Michael Scott lol.
An atheist, socialist, but also capitalist tech entrepreneur/inventor who tries to take control of the rescue for PR
Maybe they could take a page from Chuck Tingle and name him Elons Mugg
i'd be pissed if they shoehorn in a Christian message in this shit.
"Well they wouldn't been able to rescue the children if it weren't for GOD"
Nah, they wouldn't base him on an actual douchebag, they'd go after a nice guy with a name like Will Bates.
Oh boy, making money off a trending topic, now that's something new.
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I can see it already
Of course it is.
Movies right now are so fucking cheap.
ScarJo as the Seal that died
Who's playing Elon Musk?
John Barrowman?
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Elon Musk is the villain of the movie he floods the cave on purpose to sell his aluminium coffin/rescue device. Remember this is pureflix we are talking about. Got to hammer that god vs technology somehow.
I bet it'll play out just like The 33..
Elon Musk will be like the engineer of mining that helped the Minister of mining reach the survivors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_33_(film)
The twist is that Elon Musk is actually God and we're all living a lie.
Nah, she's the cave.
I'm going on an expedition to ScarJo's cave. It's not sexist if there's hiking involved.
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