Red Tails Trailer And Poster

Red Tails is a dream project that George Lucas has been talking about for over two decades. It is also the first Lucasfilm project that doesn’t involve either Star Wars or Indiana Jones in nearly that long. Also of note, Lucas is serving as the idea man in this case, with the screenplay written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder and the directing duties being handled by Anthony Hemingway. In theaters on January 20, this story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Daniela Ruah, Bryan Cranston, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Ryan Early, Method Man and Elijah Kelley.

As the war in Europe continues to take its dire toll on Allied forces, Pentagon brass has no recourse but to reconsider these under-utilized pilots for combat duty. Just as the young Tuskegee men are on the brink of being shut down and shipped back home, Col. A.J. Bullard (Terrence Howard) awards them the ultimate chance to prove their mettle high above. Undaunted by the prospect of providing safe escort to bombers in broad daylight — a mission so dangerous that the RAF has refused it and the white fighter groups have sustained substantial losses — Easy’s pilots at last join the fiery aerial fray. Against all the odds, with something to prove and everything to lose, these intrepid young airmen take to the skies in a heroic endeavor to combat the enemy — and the discrimination that has kept them down for so long.”

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