Jon M. Chu, who helmed 'Crazy Rich Asians' will be one of the directors of the Netflix project. Photo: AFP
Netflix is joining with the production company for the movie Crazy Rich Asians to make a film about last July's dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand for more than two weeks.
Netflix and SK Global Entertainment said they acquired the rights to the story from 13 Thumluang Co. Ltd,, a company that Thailand's government helped establish to represent the interests of the boys and their coach, who attended the news conference for the announcement on April 30 in Bangkok.
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