Denzel Washington set to star in Robert Zemeckis’ Flight
Oscar winning heavyweight Denzel Washington who was last seen on the big screen taking on a runaway train in Unstoppable has signed on to star in Flight, Robert Zemeckis return to live action.
The official blurb from Paramount Pictures says Flight tells the redemption story of 'Whip' (Washington), a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a heroic feat of flying in a damaged plane, saving 98 lives on a flight carrying 106 people. While the world begs to embrace him as a true American hero, the everyman struggles with this label as he is forced to hold up to the scrutiny of an investigation that brings into question his behaviour the night before the doomed flight.
Shooting will begin in Atlanta in October from a script by Real Steel scribe John Gatins.
As for Washington, he will next be seen alongside Ryan Reynolds in Safe House which comes to cinemas on February 24.
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