Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives' recounts the true story of the global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm in 2018.
The participants for Impact Australia 2 have been revealed, with nine emerging creators to be paired with nine mentors.
Writers and creators of all experience levels have been given an added week to apply for Impact Australia 2, with the deadline extended to June 27.
Impact Australia is inviting applications for the second iteration of its screenwriter accelerator program, which will take place in-person in Melbourne after being held virtually last year.
Screen Queensland has partnered with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s talent development company Impact Creative Systems to offer four paid attachments on Howard's upcoming film 'Thirteen Lives'.
Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives', based on the Thai caves rescue, is the latest in a string of international projects headed to Australia, due to shoot in the Gold Coast from March.
Shaun Grant, Jason Smilovic, Kai Wu, Stuart Beattie and Sarah Heyward are mentoring 14 emerging creators in Impact Australia, the offshoot of US Imagine Impact foundedby Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell.
In 1961 New Zealand couple Beth and Ivan Hodge set off in their newly acquired VW Beetle on an extended honeymoon, driving from London to Calcutta.