Looks like director Anthony Hemingway's (HBO's "Treme") film Red Tails has finally got a release date. It appears as though it will be released January 2012. After much speculation on whether this film will even make it out of the starting blocks, looks like the skepticism can go out the window, this according to Hemingway's Twitter Page (via Shadow and Act). The upcoming film will be executive produced by George Lucas as part of the Lucasfilm Ltd.
Red Tails is based upon the Tuskegee Airmen, a gout of African American combat pilots during World War II. "1944. World War II rages and the fate of the free world hangs in the balance. Meanwhile the black pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program are courageously waging two wars at once -- one against enemies overseas, and the other against discrimination within the military and back home. Racial prejudices have long held ace airman Martin "Easy" Julian (Nate Parker) and his black pilots back at base -- leaving them with little to do but further hone their flying skills -- while their white counterparts are shipped out to combat after a mere three months of training. Mistakenly deemed inferior and assigned only second-rate planes and missions, the pilots of Tuskegee have mastered the skies with ease but have not been granted the opportunity to truly spread their wings. Until now.
The following folks have been confirmed Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Bryan Cranston, Tristan Wilds, Method Man, Jazmine Sullivan, Ne-Yo, amongst many others.
And to add icing to the cake it has been said that world renowned composer Terrence Blanchard is set to construct the musical score (definitely keeping my attention now).
We will definitely be keeping our eyes and ears open about this one! Are you still interested?!!
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