Disney have bought the rights to the film adaptation of the best selling book, and tale of human courage, The Finest Hours.
The book tells the true story of a Coast Guard rescue team’s attempt to save 84 men who were left stranded in the freezing waters of the Atlantic when a blizzard saw their two oil tankers torn in half, in a cold winter of 1952.
As a storm raged through the Atlantic the men clung to floating parts of their ship’s wreckage, whilst the wooden, motorized lifeboats battled against the waves.
The adaptation will be penned by Oscar nominees, and The Fighter scribes Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, according to a Deadline report. The pair are set to work alongside producers Jim Whitaker and fellow The Fighter alumni Dorothy Aufiero.
Whitaker called the book “a riveting story of courage” that was “all the more compelling” because it was true. “Its characters and themes epitomize the stories we gravitate towards and are eager to produce at Disney”, he said.
Report by: Rich Parkin.
