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George Lucas NOT Directing Red Tails
It was but a fleeting moment of hope. You may recall the other day I posted about the news that George Lucas was getting ready to get back into the director’s chair with “Red Tails”, a movie about the true story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen… black pilots who fought for their country back in WW2… a country that treat German Prisoners of war better than they treated them because of the color of their skin.
I was very excited about this news because I’ve been saying for some time that Lucas needs to get back in the director’s chair with something that had nothing to do with Star Wars or Indiana Jones. Something to help stir his massive creative juices again that have been laying dormant for 3 decades. Something to help him rediscover that Oscar nominated director still inside him somewhere. And this seemed like the perfect type of project for that.
Sadly however, it appears that report was wrong. Oh Lucas is making this movie… but he’s not directing it. The Thompson on Hollywood blog over at Variety.Com is reporting the following:
According to Lucasfilm, Lucas is NOT directing Red Tails. He is an a executive producer, with Rick McCallum and Charles Floyd Johnson producing. Ridley is writing. No other attachments yet, they say.
I lament this news. It probably also means that we aren’t likely to ever see Lucas in the director’s chair again… meaning that great visionary director truly is dead… he died back in the late 70’s and very early 80’s somewhere only to be replaced by a franchise, creative soul devouring doppleganger. Lucas is still responsible for pushing the limits of technology and almost forcing the movie industry to move forward in areas of visual effects, digital technology, sound and more… but that great filmmaker is gone. For one brief moment I thought there was a chance we’d see him start to resuscitate the storyteller in him… but I guess that’s not going to happen. So sad.
Lucas isn’t even going to Direct the next three Star Wars movies, episodes 7, 8 & 9, Starting around 2021, if the rumors are to be believed. He only plans on being Executive Producer, so I doubt we would see him do anything else.
Steve, where did you hear this rumour about 7,8 &9??
Lucas needs to just go deep into ILM and continue to play with VFX/CGI tech. Keep him away from directing or writing IMHO.
Vic
He’s rich biatch!
good, maybe it will not suck. i cant believe i just said that!….lucas really let me down with the prequels.
Of all the heroic stories that could be told of our WW2 flying servicemen, we have to rehash a gross national mistake, make it politically correct, and force it down the throats of the mind-numbed movie-going masses.
That’s a bunch of crap if I ever read any.
@Rodney, I e-mailed John with the info since I couldn’t post on here for a while.
I appologies for the crap comment.
this isn’t post related but are you guys going to post anything about the passing of stan winston? he passed away yesterday. i’m sure you guys have been bombarded with emails about it… i’m just curious as to what you guys are going to write.
I think it’s smarter to have an african american director for that movie since he could have more insight into it than a caucasian director would. Don’tcha think?
Hey Padthai,
Unless that black director was also a WW2 fighter pilot… then no.
Steven, please don’t be reading that SuperShadow crap.
No? Is it a joke site or something? i jsut check every so ofter. I am surprised someone got the referrence to that site immediately. Now that I am able to post again that was the site referrenced for said info. As I mentioned though, it was rumor that I was commenting on.
buk-buk-buk-buk-AAKK !!
@LEELOO
What is that supposed to mean?
sorry that wasnt directed at you it was directed at george.
I was just wondering what it was referring to, that’s all. No offense taken.
Just cast Sam Jackson and I am sooooo there!
“I am sick and tired of these Mother F@cking Nazis in my Mother F@cking sky!!!”
Cast Sam Jackson and I am soooooo there!
“Get these Mother F@#$ing Nazis out of my Mother F@#$ing sky!”