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6 October 2008 2:03 AM, PDT | From MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news

George Lucas took one step closer the bringing his long-awaited ‘Red Tails’ into reality.  Lucasfilm has tapped Anthony Hemingway to direct the WWII action adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen based on a story by Lucas, says Variety. Old George will executive produce and finance the film through his Lucasfilm production company.  Lucas tapped scribe John Ridley to pen the script last year. Lucas’ Prequels yes-man Rick McCallum is producing with Charles Floyd Johnson. Production starts in March in Italy, Prague and Croatia. “Red Tails” revolves around the young pilots who overcame institutional racism in the military to form the Tuskegee Airmen, the fliers who become the first African-American fighter pilots in U.S. military history. Their planes featured the red-painted tails that give the film its title. Hemingway’s helming credits include episodes of “CSI: NY,” “Heroes” and “The Wire.”

1 October 2008 2:00 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Anthony Hemingway is far from a seasoned director, but a kid just out of film school is more likely to do a better job than George Lucas so it is a good thing he has handed off helming duties of his long gestating Tuskegee Airmen flick to another director. I now have to wonder, after Miracle at St. Anna, will this film actually get right to the point or will there have to be a fake mystery behind the whole thing to lure audiences into the theater? Hopefully not, because this flick really could be good. The film is Red Tails, a WWII action adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen. It revolves around the young pilots who overcame institutional racism in the military to form the Tuskegee Airmen, the fliers who become the first African-American fighter pilots in U.S. military history. Their planes featured the red-painted tails that give the film its title.

Brad Brevet

1 October 2008 2:04 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

No, this isn't John Woo's Red Cliff, this is Red Tails, George Lucas' epic WWII action adventure story. LucasFilm has hired first-time feature filmmaker Anthony Hemingway to direct the film. Hemingway has past experience directing numerous TV episodes and has also worked as the first assistant director on quite a few films, but has never directed a feature film. Red Tails revolves around the young pilots who overcame institutional racism in the military to form the Tuskegee Airmen, the fliers who become the first African-American fighter pilots in Us military history during WWII. Should be interesting? George Lucas is executive producing and developed the original story. Screenwriter John Ridley (of U Turn, Three Kings, and Undercover Brother previously) penned the script for Lucas with Rick McCallum and Charles Floyd Johnson producing. The film will start shooting in March in Italy, Prague and Croatia. So this is Lucas' next project?

Alex Billington

3 articles from 2008