Ron Howard is no stranger to making movies inspired by true events and real-life stories. His filmography is peppered with plenty of biopics and historical dramas, such as “Apollo 13,” “Cinderella Man,” and “Rush.” With “A Beautiful Mind,” Howard earned Oscars for directing and producing, and there’s also “Frost/Nixon,” which earned him a couple more nominations in the same two categories.
However, with his upcoming film, “Thirteen Lives,” Howard is dramatizing a story that received widespread news coverage just a few years ago and has already received the movie treatment more than once.”Thirteen Lives” stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel…The post Why Ron Howard Wanted Thirteen Lives to Be a Narrative Film When a Documentary Already Told The True Story appeared first on /Film.
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