{"id":22957,"date":"2022-06-28T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weareactors.com\/?p=22957"},"modified":"2022-06-28T18:38:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:38:41","slug":"ron-howards-thirteen-lives-first-trailer-reveals-the-dangers-of-the-thai-cave-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weareactors.com\/ron-howards-thirteen-lives-first-trailer-reveals-the-dangers-of-the-thai-cave-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Howard\u2019s \u2018Thirteen Lives\u2019 First Trailer Reveals the Dangers of the Thai Cave Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Video has released the first trailer for the ripped-from-the-headlines drama \u201cThirteen Lives,\u201d Ron Howard\u2019s upcoming film about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue.<\/p>\n

In June and July 2018, the members of a junior football team were trapped for 18 days in Thailand\u2019s Tham Luang Nang Non cave, after heavy rainfall flooded the cave system and blocked their way out. As the team \u2013 who ranged in age from 11-16 years old \u2013 and their coach remained trapped for weeks, the situation attracted global interest and an international rescue team was assembled to locate them. Howard\u2019s film will chronicle the events of the rescue, focusing on the efforts of the divers to save the trapped team members.<\/p>\n

Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell lead the cast of \u201cThirteen Lives\u201d as Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, the British cave divers who volunteered their expertise to help find the group, along with Joel Edgerton who plays anaesthetist Harry Harris and Tom Bateman as diver Chris Jewell. Sahajak \u2018Poo\u2019 Boonthanakit portrays Governor Narongsak, who headed the rescue operation, with Teeradon \u2018James\u2019 Supapunpinyo playing Ekkaphon Chanthawong, the team\u2019s assistant coach.<\/p>\n

The trailer promises that audiences will \u201cwitness the greatest rescue, the world has ever seen\u201d as footage shows the young team entering the cave system on a whim, only to become entombed by the powerful, rushing water that floods it. The clip follows the daring and dangerous rescue attempt as Stanton, Volanthen, Harris and Jewell worked with Thai officials, including as Commander Kiet (Thira \u2018Aum\u2019 Chutikul) and Dr. Karn (Popetorn \u2018Two\u2019 Soonthornyanaku) in effort to save all thirteen people, despite the odds.<\/p>\n

Howard directs from a screenplay written by William Nicholson, based on a story Nicholson developed with Don MacPherson. The Academy Award-winner produces with Brian Grazer, William M. Connor, Karen Lunder, Gabrielle Tana and P.J. van Sandwijk. Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Jason Cloth, Aaron L. Gilbert, Michael Lesslie and Marie Savare executive produce. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produces the film with Howard and Grazer\u2019s production banner Imagine Entertainment and Bron Creative.<\/p>\n

Previously dated for Nov. 18, 2022, the MGM movie is now under the Amazon umbrella after the company closed an $8.5 billion acquisition of the historic film studio in March. As such, film will be released in select theaters on July 29 for limited one-week engagements before launching globally on Prime Video on Aug. 5 as one of the company\u2019s \u201csummer tentpoles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Variety<\/em> exclusively reported plans for the shift in May, as Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke explained the rationale behind the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we saw \u2018Thirteen Lives,\u2019 we got incredibly excited about what this could be on a global premiere, about what this could do for customers all over the world,\u201d Salke told Variety <\/em>at the time. \u201cIt feels like the ultimate inspirational story of hope, determination and triumph.\u201d<\/p>\n

And by maintaining the film\u2019s qualifying theatrical release alongside the streaming run, Amazon also affirmed the film\u2019s position as an early awards season contender.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to continue the legacy of \u2018Manchester by the Sea,\u2019 \u2018The Big Sick,\u2019 \u2018Being the Ricardos\u2019 [to] keep the high quality bar going, while bringing the movie to as many people as possible,\u201d Salke noted. \u201cWe think this movie can do both.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the full trailer for the film below.<\/p>\n