Clint Eastwood Bringing the 'Miracle on the Hudson' to the Big Screen

Clint Eastwood will be bringing the "miracle on the Hudson" to the big screen!

The director has announced his project, entitled "Sully," which will focus on pilot Chesley Sullenberger, whose quick actions saved the lives of every passenger and crew member on his aircraft as he was forced to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River off the island of Manhattan in January of 2009.

After takeoff, Sullenberger's aircraft experienced engine trouble, and he had to use the river as his runway. He has been hailed as a hero after saving over 150 lives with his actions, and the event drew major national attention.

"Sully" will follow Eastwood's massive box-office success "American Sniper," which pulled in $350 million domestically.

Warner Bros. Pictures said in a press release that they had obtained the rights to a biography written by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow.

The studio says the film will "go beyond Sullenberger's almost impossible and much-heralded achievement" and follow the behind-the-scenes drama that nearly cost him "his reputation and his wings."

Sullenberger has said, "I am very glad my story is in the hands of gifted storyteller and filmmaker Clint Eastwood."

The screenplay will be adapted from Sullenberger's book, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters," by Todd Komarnicki. Producer Frank Marshall, who originally acquired the rights, has been developing the project since 2010.

Eastwood had reportedly been considering taking on the film "Patriot's Day," in development at CBS Films, which circles around the Boston Marathon bombing, but decided to take on the story of Sullenberger as an American hero. It will be in a similar vein as his other heralded work based on real-life people and events, like "American Sniper" and "The Changeling."