Captain "Sully" Lands A Movie Deal

Movie producers love making films about average people who find themselves in extraordinary situations, and prevail heroically.

That is exactly what happened to former airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger. So it may not be too surprising that "Sully" has finally sold his story to Hollywood.

It's known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" -- US Airways Captain Sullenberger safely landed his aircraft in January of 2009, a Hollywood story that saved the lives of 155 people, and it's now going to be a Hollywood movie.

"The way I lived my life prepared me not only for that day, but for the aftermath," Sullenberger said.

Those precious three and a half minutes instantly transformed Sullenberger into a celebrity.

The film, based on his memoir, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters," will tell of the life that led up to those dramatic moments. The soft-spoken hero was reluctant to sell the rights to his story for a movie until he met Harrison Ford. The actor, a pilot himself, gave him some encouragement.

Sullenberger and his wife Lorrie will now serve as consultants on the film.

So who will portray the heroic captain in the movie? For now, he gets to play everyone's favorite parlor game -- imagining the Hollywood legend who will act his part.

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