Filmmaker Ron Howard to shoot Thai caves rescue film in Australia

Filmmaker Ron Howard will be heading to Australia in March 2021 to shoot "Thirteen Lives", his upcoming movie about 2018 Thai caves rescue mission.

According to Variety, movie will be filmed in Queensland with country's federal government pledging USD 13 million in funding for project, as part of its Location Incentive program to bring film productions to Australia.
 

"Thirteen Lives" is based on true story of 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys' soccer team, who were trapped for days with supplies and decreasing oxygen levels. A group of divers from all over world came toger to retrieve m.Over years, I've both enjoyed and creatively benefitted from collaborations with Australian artists and technicians in front of and behind camera, from Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Chris Hemsworth to John Seale, Donald McAlpine and Andrew Rowlands and many ors," said Howard.

From Thirteen Lives to animated project I am directing with Animal Logic ( Shrinking of Treehorn') in Australia, I am excited about opportunity to film and work in Australia and dramatically expand on that list of collaborators whose sensibilities and work ethic I have long admired and respected, he added.

movie will be produced by Brian Grazer, PJ van Sandwijk, Gabrielle Tana and Karen Lunder.

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