Let's hope Lucas keeps his mitts out of the directing part of this project. He's great at visualizing and making special effects extravaganzas but he's terrible at directing actors. If you only went by the 2 prequels you'd think that Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor were amateurish at best... and I think they're 2 of the most talented actors in Hollywood.Originally posted by Tallyho1961:
In a recent edition of Time - the one with Darth Vader on the cover - George Lucas mentioned that his next project will be a movie about the Tuskegee airmen. No details beyond that, but I thought this community would like to get a heads up.
Maybe George could bankroll and executive produce a project like this... but please, stay out of the director's chair.
Regards, Goshikisen.
I wonder if this will be an original script or they're adapting a book because I can't think of anything non-fiction that came out recently (i.e. since 2000) that deals with the Tuskegee Airmen.
There is that book written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (yes, the basketball player) about an African-American armored unit that came out last year, but nothing about the TA.