The film tells the tale of the 33 men who have been trapped in a collapsed mine for the past two months but are set to be pulled to safety in the coming days and the Oscar-winning actor is expected to play the lead role, reported Contactmusic.
The ordeal of the trapped men has grabbed international headlines and movie bosses are keen to give the incident a celluloid treatment, based on the accounts of the miners.
The 33 men have been trapped in the San Jose mine for 67 days and will return to the surface via a 622 metre rescue tunnel, although they have had arguments over who will be the last man out.
