
This project is Anthony Hemingway feature film debut, having mostly worked on TV and as an assistant and second unit director on several films. This project has been in development since the 1990s when George Lucas originally wanted to direct this project and now serves as writer and executive producer. The film about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly combat missions during World War II, is being supervised Russell Earl who previously supervised Star Trek. The film is slated to open in 2010.