MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has signed Denzel Washington and director Robert Zemeckis for its new film Flight.
 
Written by John Gatins, the film tells the 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.

 
The film marks the first time teaming of Washington and Zemeckis, who had earlier directed films like Castaway, Forest Gump, Back To The Future and the live-action and animated classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
 
The film, being produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald under the Parkes/MacDonald banner, is set to go on the floors this October in Atlanta.