The Finest Hours is an upcoming American disaster drama film directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay written by Scott Silver, Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy, based on the 2009 eponymous book by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias. The film is about a true story of the Pendleton rescue mission attempt by Coast Guard ships. A nor'easter hit and split asunder two oil tankers in 1952. The film is scheduled to be released by Walt Disney Pictures in the Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats on January 29, 2016.