After The Cave (2019), The Caved Life (2020) and Thirteen Lives, which has recently been released on Amazon Prime, we have one more story left about the 12 young Wild Boar football team members and their coach who were trapped in the Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai for 18 days in 2018.
Netflix last week revealed the full trailer for the limited series Thai Cave Rescue, which brings to light untold perspectives of the rescue mission that captivated the entire world. The series will premiere on Sept 22.
The six-episode limited series -- created and written by Michael Russell Gunn and Dana Ledoux Miller -- is a deeper dive into this incredible rescue mission. Shot entirely in Thailand, with on-location filming at the real Tham Luang cave, Thai Cave Rescue delivers an expanded, dramatised retelling that covers in detail -- for the first time -- the harrowing experiences of Coach Eak and the 12 Wild Boars inside the cave and their lives on the outside.
In addition to insights from interviews with the real boys from the Wild Boars football team, Thai Cave Rescue features scenes shot at their real homes and even props that are items from the actual events. To further ensure an authentic and immersive depiction, the underwater cave diving scenes feature Dr Richard "Harry" Harris -- the Australian anaesthesiologist and cave diver who took part in the rescue -- as the body double of Rodger Corser, who plays the show's version of Dr Harris.
Thai Cave Rescue. (Photo: Sasidis Sasisakulporn/Netflix)
As the deeper parts of the actual cave cannot serve as a filming location, the production team spent three weeks exploring the real Tham Luang and its surrounding forests and mountains, and months shooting additional locations involved in the operation. A fully 3D Lidar scan using advanced laser technology was then carried out to recreate the interior chambers of Tham Luang on a soundstage.
Besides directors Kevin Tancharoen and Baz Poonpiriya, Thai Cave Rescue's sweeping Thai cast and crew came together in a monumental effort to create an experience that is most faithful to the incredible real-life events.
