It’s been a long time since Lucasfilm released a movie that wasn’t related to Star Wars or Indiana Jones (1994’s Radioland Murders, which you likely have blocked from your memory, if you heard of it at all) and he’s been working on this since 1988, so there’s instantly a bit of anticipation for Red Tails, which focuses on the Tuskegee Airmen. While I’ve been burned before anticipating something George Lucas was in charge of, the trailer for Red Tails is definitely promising. Mostly, I’m just excited that two of my favorite modern R&B singers, Ne-Yo and Jazmine Sullivan, are in the cast. We’ll see in 2012, I suppose.
This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2011.
In the meantime, there’s The People vs George Lucas at The Loft this weekend.