Nattawut

Nattawut Saikua, director of the “Pheu Thai Family,” said he believes in Ms. Paetongtarn’s potential, citing her ability to galvanize crowds.

Nattawut and Boonsong — who both served under Yingluck Shinawatra, are among the politicians in jail who qualified for sentence reductions.

American filmmaker Jon M. Chi (“Crazy Rich Asians”) and Thai Director Nattawut Poonpiriya (“Bad Genius”) will co-direct the project, which doesn’t yet have a release date or specific format.