Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu makes his own cave rescue film in Thailand

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While Chu clarified "[it’s] a little early [to] really discuss" of the film, he remarked, "the greatest lesson learned [from] do #CrazyRichAsians is that we must tell our stories especially the most important, so the story [doesn’t] is wrong. This is too important to let others dictate who the true heroes are. "

On June 23, 12 boys from the football team of the Wild Boars of Thailand and their in Trainer were trapped in a cave after the waters invaded the area. The highly publicized rescue mission lasted 18 days and resulted in the death of a former Navy SEAL.

Chu's film on the subject follows a documentary on the rescue to air this Friday, and producer Michael Scott of Pure Flix Films, a faith-based group, has already begun preliminary work on an "inspiring" scripted film

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Responding to user comments, he adds, "These days of letting go [whitewashing] are over, never again. we do not play. "

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