Producer Steven Pearl and screenwriter Shawn Lawrence Otto have teamed to tune in an option of David Masiel's novel "2182 kHz," reports The Hollywood Reporter.
"2182 kHz," named after the international distress frequency, is set in the "high-stakes, high-testosterone world" of oceangoing tugboats and offshore oil rigs in northern Alaska. The story follows Henry Seine, a man haunted by his past who spends 16-hour days hauling heavy cargo in the Arctic. Desperate for human interaction, he routinely tunes his radio to 2182 kHz. Finally hearing a fading distress call, he assembles a motley team to save a stranded scientist.
Pearl will produce through his ImageMaker Films banner, with Otto penning the screenplay.