Los Angeles sources reported that the daring rescue of 12 schoolboys and their football coach in the waterlogged caves of Thailand will be soon seen on the big screen. Accordingly the story will be getting a film treatment with Pure Flix Entertainment, which produced "God's Not Dead", is planning a feature film on the subject. Meanwhile the studio will team up with Kaos Entertainment on the project, which will be made on the budget of around USD 60 million.
Further according to The Hollywood Reporter, the CEO and co-founder of Pure Flix, Michael Scott, spent several days on the scene which serves as his home for a part of the year. Scott said "The bravery and heroism I've witnessed is incredibly inspiring, so, yes, this will be a movie for us”. Moreover the studio claimed that Scott has offered assistance in rescue efforts at Chiang Rai for the past four days.
Furthermore Scott said the film will be released under diffusion banner
Pinnacle Peak, which launched "Little Women" in September. He said "It's
not necessary to make this a Christian film, just an inspirational one, where no
directors, writers or actors have been attached to the project as of yet”.
