Yahoo Movies Watch Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen brave a shocking cave rescue in Ron Howard's Thirteen Lives trailer
Ron Howard's knack for adapting true stories into films has been on full display in productions like Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, and Rush.
And now that he's tackled shocking tales of space exploration, genius mathematicians, sea disasters, and more, he's embarking on a new frontier: the unbelievable Tham Luang cave rescue mission that shook the world in 2018.
Thirteen Lives centers on a junior football team and their coach trapped inside a collapsed and flooded cave for 18 days. The fate of the boys, ranging from 11 to 16 years old in age garnered international media coverage, with many glued to the harrowing mission.
Prime Video Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen brave a shocking cave rescue in Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives' trailer
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton portray rescuers John Volanthen, Richard Stanton, and Richard Harris.
"It looks easy, but when it's flooded, it's impossible," Farrell's Volanthen breathlessly tells his men in the heart-stopping trailer, which debuted Tuesday. We're then given a glimpse as to how they manage to pull off said impossible effort.
Penned by William Nicholson, the screenwriter behind similarly themed films Unbroken and Everest, the thriller was initially slated to be released in April. However, following positive test screenings held by MGM, it was pushed to later in the year, signaling it may be an awards contender.
The remarkable events were previously chronicled in the documentaries The Cave and The Rescue in 2018 and 2021.
Thirteen Lives will be released in select cinemas July 29, before hitting Amazon Prime on Aug. 5. Watch the trailer above.
Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.
Related content:
