George Lucas is tackling his first musical, a film about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first group of African-American pilots.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lucas is working on the movie Red Tails at his Skywalker Ranch in California.
Plot details for the computer-animated film are not being released, but it is known that fairies play a role.
Lucas, who has not directed a movie since Revenge of the Sith, wrote the screenplay and is executive producing.
Kevin Munroe, who created the fourth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, TMNT, is directing from a script by David Berenbaum, who wrote the children's fantasy The Spiderwick Chronicles.
The Tuskegee Airmen flew with distinction as bomber escorts during the Second World War at a time when the U.S. services were segregated. They were known as the Red Tails.
The film stars Terence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr. and rapper Method Man of Wu-Tang Clan and is scheduled for release in 2010.
Ok, maybe I could believe this after the whole Jar-Jar Binks, Midichlorians, I had all nine episodes already written BS that he's dealt us in the past. But, fairies and the Tuskegee Airmen? Well, digging a little deeper uncovers the fact that this media giant can't keep the rumors straight. Maybe this is the future for our media as we aim to emulate Canada's healthcare system? Cuba Gooding and Method Man are probably going to be awesome fairies.
