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Members only , the most well-liked TV streaming service in Thailand, are teaming up with the producers of the hit film “Crazy Rich Asians” for a manufacturing about the rescue of the MuPa (Wild Boar) football staff from Chiang Rai’s Tham Luang caves last July.
The 12 young men and their coach have been trapped in a flooded cave after occurring a brief after-football-training excursion.
Their dramatic 18 day rescue turned huge global information and ended up as a massive worldwide co-operative effort with expertise flying in from around the world to, firstly find the boys, then figure out a approach to get them out. The waters were rising, there was a menace of more rains to come back, the boys couldn’t swim – the issues seemed insurmountable.
But, ultimately, a dangerous plan was hatched, and executed. All with a cheerful ending, perfect for a film or drama.
A lucrative mini-industry in retelling their story has grown, with native and worldwide film corporations and publishing houses vying for the opportunity to have entry to the group and the caves as a filming location.
Coach Ekkapol Chantawong, the 25 year old who was additionally caught in the caves along with his 12 younger football staff members, is president of “13 Thumluang Company”, acting as an intermediary between the production corporations, the opposite younger team members and their families.
No financial particulars had been provided at today’s media launch although earlier reports instructed the young males would rating a tidy sum from the production. A representative from the Army, a former Government spokesperson, who is performing as an advisor the 13 Thumluang Company, said that the group deliberate to provide 20% of any earnings to charity because the group members recognised they’d been helped and assisted by so many individuals.
Proven , which may be a doco-film or a mini-series, will embody the true staff members to partly tell the story, largely untold, of their fears as they waited contained in the cave..