When the Wild Boars soccer team were rescued from a cave last year, their ordeal made global news.
The 12 boys and their football coach got trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand on June 23rd 2018 and were rescued over the course of over two weeks. The cave flooded, and the operation to retrieve the boys took 90 expert divers from all over the world and captured everyone's attention.
Now, their story will be fully told, as Netflix have secured the rights to make a mini-series about the rescue of the 12 boys and their coach. The series will be directed by Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu and Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya.
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Talking about the show, Netflix's Erika North said: The story combines so many unique local and universal themes which connected people from all walks of life, from all around the world". She added, "Thailand is a very important market for Netflix and we are looking forward to bringing this inspiring local, but globally resonant story to life".
The team were aged between just 11 and 16 and were joined by their 25-year-old coach. They went to explore the cave complex on June 23rd, but became trapped when a downpour completely flooded the tunnels.
The complicated rescue took 17 days, and tragically, one life was lost when former Thai navy diver Saman Gunan died. He had been delivering air tanks to the boys and sadly lost consciousness.
Assistant coach Ekkapol Chantapong said, "we look forward to working with all involved parties to ensure our story is told accurately". The story captured the attention of the entire world and was retold by many - the Netflix series isn't the first retelling, with two books about the rescue having been published already while a feature film by British-Thai director Tom Waller entitled The Cave apparently wrapped shooting in December.
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We can't wait to binge this series and find out even more about the rescue operation.
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