The dramatic rescue of 12 youth football players and their coach from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018, a captivating operation already revisited in an award-winning documentary, is now getting the big-screen dramatic treatment from Ron Howard.
"Thirteen Lives" hits theaters in North America on July 29, and the Oscar-winning Howard -- who cast a mix of bankable stars and untested talent in the movie -- says making the film was an "exciting challenge."
