
‘Free Solo’ Team to Direct Universal’s Thai Cave Rescue Movie
Posted on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 by Hoai-Tran Bui
How many more Thai soccer teams must be rescued from caves before Hollywood has its fill? At least one more.
Universal has tapped the Oscar-winning filmmaking team behind Free Solo to helm their Thai cave rescue movie. Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, who won a Best Documentary Feature Oscar for their gripping 2018 documentary on rock climber Alex Honnold, are the latest filmmakers to tackle this subject.