Boardwalk Empire ep helmer Tim Van Patten is in talks to direct the Coast Guard drama "The Finest Hours" reports Variety.
Based on the non-fiction book by Casey Sherman and Michael Tougias, the story chronicles a daring rescue by the Coast Guard of 84 men off Cape Cod in 1952. At the time two oil tankers collided and were torn in half by waves during a fierce blizzard.
"The Fighter" scribes Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson are writing the adapted script
Jim Whitaker and Dorothy Aufiero will produce.
The film marks Van Patten's first feature. gig.
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