After a weekend of studios looking to pick up Ron Howard (Solo: A Star Wars Story)’s upcoming biopic centered on the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, MGM has swooped in and acquired Thirteen Lives, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Brian and I are excited to partner with MGM, P.J., and Gaby, to bring this heroic story to audiences around the word,” Howard said in a statement.
Howard’s work in the biopic genre extends back to 1995 with the two Oscar-winning Apollo 13, which this project feels very reminiscent of, as well as four Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind, Oscar-nominated Cinderella Man, Oscar-nominated Frost/Nixon and Golden Globe-nominated Rush.
Penned by Oscar nominee William Nicholson (Gladiator, Everest), the story follows the boys soccer team from Thailand who became trapped in a cave for more than weeks when heavy rains partially flooded the cave and blocked their way out.