It’s barely been a day since the remarkable rescue of a Thai football team of 12 boys and their coach who were trapped in a flooded cave, and Hollywood has already announced a big screen adaptation of the story.
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The 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of a volunteer expert diver (Sgt Saman Kunan), was finally put to an end by four of Thailand’s Navy SEALs. As the whole world was riveted (and praying) for the boys safety, Hollywood’s Pure Flix Entertainment didn’t miss an opportunity to make his announcement, barely hours after the boys were reported to have been rescued.
Michael Scott, CEO of Pure Flix Entertainment, said it became ‘personal’ for him when he heard about Kunan’s death who happened to be his wife’s friend, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. He said the film would be ‘inspirational’ and a triumph of the human spirit.
However, some people on the Internet thought it was slightly insensitive and slightly opportunistic on the part of the Hollywood producer, to announce his film hours after what could have been a terrible disaster. They slammed the film industry for turning every other news item into a cash cow.
And they obviously didn’t mind saying it out loud:
I wonder which white male actors they’re going to cast for the Thai Soccer Boys Rescue movie later this year.
— Ryan (@RynfoSec) July 11, 2018
I can’t wait for scarlett johansson to play all 12 children and the coach when they make a movie about the thai cave rescue
— lizzo (@lizziemiesey) July 8, 2018
When Hollywood makes Movie on Thai Cave Rescue, the Saviour will be Team of US Navy Seal. Bollywood Version will have NRI Akshay Kumar arranging all Logistics and Swimming without Oxygen Tanks with the Professional Divers
— Joy (@Joydas) July 8, 2018
When Hollywood makes Movie on Thai Cave Rescue, the Saviour will be Team of US Navy Seal. Bollywood Version will have NRI Akshay Kumar arranging all Logistics and Swimming without Oxygen Tanks with the Professional Divers
— Joy (@Joydas) July 8, 2018
When the little boys stuck in that cave in Thailand are rescued, there’s definitely gonna be a movie. There’s a ex US Navy Seal helping. They’re gonna make the movie all about him and have Scarlett Johansen playing one of the Thai boys.
— Bun Bey (@holadamilola) July 7, 2018
American culture is so predictable now we can safely conclude next year there’ll be a movie about a Midwestern high school baseball team that gets stuck in a cave system in New Mexico in need of rescue and theaters will be burned down over appropriation of Thai culture.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 10, 2018
RIGHT NOW IN HOLLYWOOD: dozens of Thai cave rescue movie treatments are being worked up in which the hero is a rugged US Navy Seal, looking for redemption from a cave rescue under fire in Afghanistan gone wrong… rather, than say, a bunch of dogged, smart people from Thailand.
— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) July 10, 2018
If they’re going to drop a movie on this, let’s hope it is (at the very least) well made and not blatantly whitewashed/Americanised. No Hollywood, you’re not going to be let off the hook any more.
