[Movies] Samuel L. Jackson Could Direct Red Tails Posted by Ashish on 08.20.2008
Jackson could team with George Lucas...
Samuel L. Jackson could direct Red Tails, the WWII film that George Lucas has been wanting to do for years. John Ridley has written the latest script for the film. Here's is what Jackson had to say about the project.
"I just read it like two weeks ago. It's a pretty good script," Jackson began. "At one point (Lucas) was asking me if I'd ever want to direct anything. I said, 'I don't know, man. I'm trying to find things.' He said, 'Well, let me send you this thing. Maybe you might want to direct it.'"
"Well, I guess if I was gonna direct something George would be a great guy to kind of mentor me through that, especially a big ass special effects flying picture. The script's good. I like it."
Of course, when pressed on if he would really direct Red Tails, Jackson seemed a bit hesitant.
"I don't know. I don't have a year and a half of my life where I wanna stop acting."
The film chronicles the exploits of the African-American war heroes known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
great.. Lucas is going to have ewoks help the allies win..
Posted By: squirrel master (Guest) on August 20, 2008 at 09:30 AM
I can understand Sam's misgivings about the project. Its a pretty ambitious story for a "novice" director. But who better to mentor you through the process than Lucas himself.
Posted By: Cm Wolf (Guest) on August 20, 2008 at 09:36 AM
i am sick and tired of these mother fuckin nazis on these mother fuckin planes
Posted By: Guest#1350 (Guest) on August 20, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Guest#1350 wins.
Posted By: squirrel master (Guest) on August 21, 2008 at 08:19 AM
This is strange, the movie is already listed on IMDB with Ridley as writer and Anthony Hemingway as director. Hemingway also appears to be a first time film director, as the only directing credits he has are from tv show episodes.
Posted By: Jeff (Guest) on August 21, 2008 at 02:50 PM
