Friday, September 21, 2012

Van Patten Pegs "Finest Hours" Story

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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