“Amelia” now has a navigator, Christopher Eccleston, who is set to play Fred Noonan.  Noonan flew in the plane with Earhart when it disappeared over the pacific as she attempted to circumnavigate the globe in 1937.

Eccleston takes the cockpit with Hilary Swank in  Mira Nair-directed Amelia Earhart biopic for Avalon Pictures and Fox Searchlight.

Eccleston joins an impressive cast, which includes Richard Gere, Ewan MacGregor and Virgina Madsen. Looks like this film will be flying high at the theaters with a great cast.