Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Woman, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming drama Thirteen Lives. The film is directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind) and stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Weir Sukollawat, Thiraphat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo, Nophand Boonyai, Tom Bateman, Paul Gleeson, and Lewis Fitz-Gerald. The movie tells the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team who were trapped for days with no supplies and decreasing oxygen levels. William Nicholson (Gladiator, Unbroken) wrote the screenplay. Howard is also producing the Imagine Entertainment production with Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder (Hillbilly Elegy, Gifted), P.J. van Sandwijk for Storyteller Productions, as well as Gabrielle Tana (Philomena, The Duchess) who recently produced the feature documentary The Rescue about the rescue mission. Thirteen Lives is currently set to be released in theaters nationwide on April 15, 2022 by United Artists.
As previously reported, Wallfisch also has the superhero movie The Flash (to be released on November 4, 2022) coming up.