Northline Movie-One Step Closer

I was excited to read that the film version of Willy Vlautin's Northline now has a director attached. Courtney Hunt, whose film "Frozen River" won the Jury Prize at Sundance, is now set to direct. I've seen that movie (if you haven't yet you should but bring a parka) and I think it's a good match of director and material. She's more than proved she gets the hardscrabble, knocked about folk and that she can bring the sad the only question is can she get Northline's inherent hopefulness (something missed by non careful readers) across?

Fingers crossed-like all fans of a beloved book no one will be hoping more, or be more quick to criticize, than me.