According to the Hollywood Reporter , producer Mike Medavoy ( `` Shutter Island '' , `` Black Swan '' ) has snapped up the right to the story and Jose Rivera ( `` Motorcycle Diaries '' ) has been enlisted to adapt the screenplay . Friday is the ten - year anniversary of the first mine collapse . Some of the miners are at the opening of a new exhibit at the Smithsonian . Love for them has faded in Chile , one miner says . Abroad , a movie is in the works .
Friday is the ten - year anniversary of the first mine collapse . Some of the miners are at the opening of a new exhibit at the Smithsonian . Love for them has faded in Chile , one miner says . Abroad , a movie is in the works .