Miracle Story Of Colombian Children Who Survived Plane Crash & 40 Days In Amazon Rainforest Getting Movie Treatment From Candle Media’s Exile Studios, Journalist Daniel Coronell & Director Gaz Alazraki
27.06.2023 - 18:01
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Candle Media’s Exile Content Studio is partnering with acclaimed Colombian journalist Daniel Coronell and director Gaz Alazraki (Father Of The Bride) to produce a scripted feature about the incredible recent news story of the four children, including a baby, that survived a plane crash and 40 days in the Amazon Rainforest before being rescued by Colombian special forces.
A story this remarkable was unlikely to go unnoticed by the industry for long, but this is a quick turnaround even for Hollywood.
Earlier this month, world media was captivated by the story of the four children – Lesly, 13; Soleiny, 9; Tien Noriel, 4; and Cristin, 1 – who were found alive in the Amazon after a rescue operation that searched more than 1,600 miles of dense forest.
The children survived the plane crash that killed their mother, the pilot and the only other adult on board, and then got through the dense jungle, alive with jaguars, snakes and mosquitoes, and had to contend with stormy weather and little in the way of food or sustenance.
The plane crashed on May 1 but there was no sign of the children, who come from the Huitoto Indigenous community. A long search through the inhospitable forest began, and included hundreds of volunteers as well as dozens of military personnel.
It later emerged that the children’s mother had survived for four days but told her children soon before her death to leave her in hope of their own survival.
The survival thriller, which will be in English and Spanish-language, will be based on Coronell’s upcoming and previously unannounced book which is set to be published by Random House. He is collaborating on that endeavor with investigative journalists Ignacio Gómez and Carlos Cárdenas. Alazraki will