Wolverine director Gavin Hood in talks to helm Alaskan adventure project

Wolverine director Gavin Hood is in talks to helm a film based on nonfiction book The Cruelest Miles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gay and Laney Salisbury’s book followed the 674-mile journey undertaken by 20 men and 200 dogs rushing a diphtheria antidote to Nome, Alaska, in 1952.