Clint Eastwood is making a film about the "Husdon miracle" pilot who famously landed his plane in the Hudson river in 2009 after a freak accident, saving all 155 people aboard his aircraft.
The Eastwood directed film will be an adaption of the book "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters," by Capt. Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow.
Warner Bros, the studio behind the project, announced the upcoming film on Tuesday, June 2.
The storyline of the film follows Sullenberger, really capturing the drama from the time his US Airways powered plane struck at least one bird after departing from LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York in January 2009. Sullenberger knew his plane was going down after that, so he made sure to land in the safest way possible - gradually into the Hudson River.
Sullenberger was called a hero after his landing, which had no fatalities. His story later inspired his book, and now the Eastwood film.
When Warner Bros announced Tuesday in a news release the company quoted Sullenberger expressing his happiness with Eastwood standing as director.
"I am very glad my story is in the hands of gifted storyteller and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, and veteran producers Allyn Stewart and Frank Marshall," Sullenberger said in a Warner Bros statement. "This is truly a dream team."
A lot of faith is being put into Eastwood for this movie after his recent success directing "American Sniper" (2014).
It's unclear when the movie will debut at this point in time.
