The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours is an upcoming American disaster drama film directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy, based on the 2009 novel of same name by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias. The film is about a true story of Pendleton rescue mission attempt by Coast Guard ships. A storm hit and split asunder two oil tankers in 1952.

Plot
The rescue mission takes placed off the Cape Cod coast after a pair of oil tankers — SS Fort Mercer and SS Pendleton — are destroyed by treacherous winter winds and waves.

Cast

 * Chris Pine
 * Casey Affleck
 * Ben Foster
 * Josh Stewart
 * Graham McTavish as Frank Fauteux
 * Kyle Gallner
 * Holliday Grainger

Production
On August 12, 2011, Walt Disney Pictures acquired the screen rights to the 2009 novel The Finest Hours. James Whitaker brought the project to produce along with Dorothy Aufiero for his Whitaker Entertainment, and they set The Fighter's screenwriters Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson to write the script for the film. On September 20, 2012, Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones director Tim Van Patten was in talks to direct the Coast Guard rescue drama, it was Patten's first feature film to direct. It was also told that Tamasy and Johnson wrote the script based on the book and interviews they took from the survivors of the incident. On May 29, 2013, Robert Schwentke was in talks to direct the film. On April 17, 2014, Disney hired Craig Gillespie to direct the film.

Principal photography began on September 8, 2014, in Quincy, Massachusetts. Walt Disney Pictures and Whitaker Entertainment are producing the film, which will be released sometime in 2015.

Casting
On April 17, 2014, Chris Pine was entered negotiations to star in the lead role. On August 6, Casey Affleck was added to the cast. On August 25, Josh Stewart joined the cast of the film to play a sailor aboard one of the oil tankers. On August 26, Graham McTavish was set to play the role of Frank Fauteux in the film. On September 9, Kyle Gallner joined to play the Coast Guard's boat engine-man, and Holliday Grainger also joined the cast. On September 15, Ben Foster joined the film's cast.