# There will definitely be a movie made about the rescue of the Thai soccer kids from the cave, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699 "2018-07-11T03:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/1 "2018-07-11T03:11:20Z")
Any thoughts about what it will take to make that happen (story rights, etc?) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/2 "2018-07-11T03:13:23Z")
I’m sure they will all be played by white actors. Tom Hanks as one of divers or the coach. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/3 "2018-07-11T03:25:37Z")
They made a movie about [those Marines who stopped a terrorist attack on a French train](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_15:17_to_Paris), and - no offense to the heroes of that story - that was just a blip on drama radar compared to this. I mean even time-wise the episode was short compared to this. So, since that movie got made I’m convinced every compelling news story involving bravery will be made in to a movie. Hopefully it’ll be a good one. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/4 "2018-07-11T03:47:09Z")
But surely you need a romance angle and I don’t see it in the Thai rescue. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/5 "2018-07-11T03:54:36Z")
They made a movie about the 201 Chilean mine disaster called _The 33_. It was pretty good if not great, impressive cast. It had themes about corporate greed and group dynamics in an emergency situation. This would be more about a race against the clock without an obvious solution, and the sheer guts of both rescue divers and the kids willing to help save themselves. Complete with a mid-movie tragedy (Saman Kunan) and a big happy ending. It would be silly not to. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/6 "2018-07-11T04:04:41Z")
I think the book will be better. The timeline is too long to recreate in a two hour movie. I’d make an HBO miniseries out of it if it were up to me. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/7 "2018-07-11T04:37:25Z")
**Thai Cave Rescue to Become Film From ‘God’s Not Dead’ Producers** > [@](#): > > The rescue of a boys soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand, a gripping news story that has received worldwide attention, will become a movie from Pure Flix Entertainment, the faith-based production outfit behind the God’s Not Dead film franchise. > > Michael Scott, the CEO and co-founder of Pure Flix, has been on the scene of the rescue for several days, as he lives in Thailand part-time. “The bravery and heroism I’ve witnessed is incredibly inspiring, so, yes, this will be a movie for us,” Scott told The Hollywood Reporter during a phone call from Thailand. Scott said he will likely release the pic under Pure Flix’s more mainstream banner called Pinnacle Peak, which is also releasing Little Women. “It’s not necessary to make this a Christian film, just an inspirational one,” he said. > **[Thai Cave Rescue to Become Film From ‘God’s Not Dead’ Producers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/thai-cave-rescue-become-film-gods-not-dead-producers-1126216/)** > > The rescue of a boys soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand, a gripping news story that has received worldwide attention, will become a movie from Pure Flix Entertainment, the faith-based production outfit behind the 'God's Not Dead' film... ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/8 "2018-07-11T08:32:20Z")
I feel like it would be redundant. But I have been watching it nonstop since the news broke, so maybe there’s a market for it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/9 "2018-07-11T09:58:32Z")
I’d rather see a well-made documentary than a fictional re-creation. I’m sure there are compelling insider stories that we aren’t privy to from just watching the news broadcasts. mmm ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/10 "2018-07-11T11:08:24Z")
With Scarlett Johansson as Thai Navy Seal Saman Gunan. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/11 "2018-07-11T11:30:58Z")
I hope they add a plucky canine sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/12 "2018-07-11T12:11:51Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > With Scarlett Johansson as Thai Navy Seal Saman Gunan. With a shout out to Jaqueline Bisset in The Deep. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/13 "2018-07-11T12:38:45Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > But surely you need a romance angle and I don’t see it in the Thai rescue. Plenty of good movies have been made without any romance- Apocalypse Now (original version, not Redux) had virtually no speaking role for females and there were very few (the French resistance lady and the housewife) in The Longest Day. I think this will come out while it’s still fresh in our minds and any attempt to add say a female soccer player will be met with scorn. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/14 "2018-07-11T14:10:20Z")
Funny (or maybe, sad, actually), my coworkers and I were speculating about “when the movie would come out” long before we knew if those poor boys would. Then later on the radio, some were speculating if it would be a Disney production, with Zac Efron as the coach and Chris Pratt as the head of the rescue team. Of course the boys would be played by non-Thai actors :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/15 "2018-07-11T14:12:50Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > They made a movie about [those Marines who stopped a terrorist attack on a French train](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_15:17_to_Paris), and - no offense to the heroes of that story - that was just a blip on drama radar compared to this. In that case, the actual people involved played themselves. That’s probably not going to work in this case. And it’s possible there are more than one movie; one made in Thailand or elsewhere in Asia for the local audience and a Hollywood adaption. The NYT had an [article](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/world/asia/thailand-cave-soccer-stateless.html) about how some of the boys were stateless and from ethnic minorities. So, if the movie is done well, there could be an interesting political angle to it. Millions of us around the world were fascinated by this story and cared about their immediate fate, while millions of other anonymous people are stateless or refugees or asylum seekers (or have had their children taken away from them). ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/16 "2018-07-11T14:23:04Z")
If they make a movie based on this, it’ll be a movie ‘_inspired_ by’ this, happening in rural Pennsylvania or something. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/17 "2018-07-11T14:38:58Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > If they make a movie based on this, it’ll be a movie ‘_inspired_ by’ this, happening in rural Pennsylvania or something. I would not be surprised if they did this. After all, U-571 was based on a real incident where the Royal Navy were the heroes, Hollywood decided that American audiences just weren’t ready to see a movie where the heroes weren’t American so it became a US Navy story instead. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/18 "2018-07-11T14:59:19Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > **Thai Cave Rescue to Become Film From ‘God’s Not Dead’ Producers** > > > [@](#): > > > > “It’s not necessary to make this a Christian film, just an inspirational one,” he said. Let’s hope not, given that most of those prayers the families were giving were Buddhist. > **[Religion in Thailand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Thailand)** > > Religion in Thailand (2018 census) > Buddhism is the largest religion in Thailand, practised by roughly 94% of the population. The Thai Constitution does not indicate any state religion, but promotes Buddhism, while guaranteeing religious freedom for all Thai citizens. Many other people, especially among the Isan ethnic group, practise Tai folk religions. A significant minority Muslim population, mostly constituted by Thai Malays, is present especially in the southern regions. Thai law officiall... ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/19 "2018-07-11T15:02:37Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I would not be surprised if they did this. After all, U-571 was based on a real incident where the Royal Navy were the heroes, Hollywood decided that American audiences just weren’t ready to see a movie where the heroes weren’t American so it became a US Navy story instead. To be honest, few people remember the story of that submarine, let alone which navy was involved. But the Thai story is much more immediate and we all know where it occurred. So I doubt the story will be relocated. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/20 "2018-07-11T15:18:38Z")
I want to know how they will make it without embellishments! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699.md?page=2)