Tim Van Patten, a frequent director on HBO shows like "Deadwood," "The Wire," "Rome" and "Game of Thrones", is in talks to direct Disney's Coast Guard drama "The Finest Hours" reports Variety. Based on the non-fiction book by Casey Sherman and Michael Tougias, the story revolves around a daring rescue by the Coast Guard of 84 men off Cape Cod in … [Read more...]
Disney Adapts “Finest Hours” Rescue Tale
August 14, 2011 by
Disney has scored the film rights to Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman's 2009 novel "The Finest Hours" reports Deadline. Based on a true story and set in New England in 1952, the story deals with a Coast Guard rescue undertaken after two oil tankers were torn in half by treacherous waves during a deadly nor'easter blizzard. There were four … [Read more...]
