EverWonder & Mindhouse Prep Cable Car Rescue Doc

RedBird IMI-backed EverWonder Studio and U.K. indie Mindhouse Productions are in production on a documentary film about the dramatic August 2023 cable car rescue in Pakistan.

Hanging By A Wire hails from director Mohammed Ali Naqvi (Turning Point, Shame), who produces alongside Bilal Sami (David Blaine Do Not Attempt), EverWonder Studio and Mindhouse Productions. Executive producers are Ian Orefice, Jon Adler and Amanda Spain for EverWonder and Aloke Devichand and Arron Fellows for Mindhouse.

The doc features never-before-seen footage from the 15-hour rescue of eight students from a cable car dangling above a valley in rural Pakistan.

“I grew up devouring 90s action thrillers, and with Hanging By A Wire we’re giving that white-knuckle rush a documentary backbone,” said Naqvi. “Every frame is real—six schoolboys, 900 feet in the air, a rescue clock ticking down— and that authenticity makes the stakes soar. This film will show that true stories can play just as big as any blockbuster.”

“I can’t think of a more exciting project for Mindhouse to have taken on as our first independently financed documentary feature as we expand our international slate,” said Aloke Devichand, head of documentaries at Mindhouse Productions. “We believe the mind-blowing Himalayan landscapes, nerve-wracking time pressures and unlikely alliance that comes together in a truly dangerous rescue attempt will captivate audiences. It’s a real life cliffhanger that we’ve loved working on with Mo, Bilal and the EverWonder team.”

Arron Fellows, Mindhouse’s creative director, added: “We are incredibly proud of the diversity and range of our recent work at Mindhouse, from the award-winning Boybands Forever to the recent acclaim for Louis Theroux: The Settlers. It seems the perfect time for us to expand further into the world of feature docs after the success of Tell Them You Love Me, and we can’t wait for people to see Hanging By A Wire—a real-life action thriller, featuring some of the most jaw-dropping archive footage imaginable.”

“Every student, parent and community member can imagine the fear of their loved ones’ everyday journey turned into a life and death situation, but nothing compares to the sheer scale and suspense of this story,” said Jon Adler, executive producer and head of talent and content development at EverWonder Studio. “The rescue was captured from every angle—inside the cable car, from drones, the helicopter, and the crowd below. It’s a real-time thriller built from footage shot moment by moment as it unfolded.”

The film marks EverWonder’s first international documentary and Mindhouse’s first independently funded feature documentary.