| 1 | * BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $58 million. Box office, $50,365,377. |
| 2 | * CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/TristanWilds auditioned for the role of Lt. Joe "Lightning" Little before being cast as 2nd Lt. Ray "Ray Gun" Gannon. |
| 3 | * CreatorKiller: This is the final film from Lucasfilm to directly involve both Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and ''Franchise/StarWars'' Special Edition/Prequel Trilogy producer Rick [=McCallum=], as well as the only theatrical film involving director Anthony Hemingway and writer Aaron [=McGruder=]. Disney purchased Lucasfilm 9 months after ''Red Tails'' crashed at the box office, ending the firm's relationship with Fox and causing both Lucas and [=McCallum=] to retire from the firm; [=McCallum=] left America as a result to settle in Prague. Lucas was honored as a Disney Legend later. |
| 4 | * DirectedByCastMember: In the Latin Spanish dub, Creator/RicardoTejedo is Marty "Easy" Julian's voice actor as well as the ADR director. |
| 5 | * FakeAmerican: Lightning was played by Creator/DavidOyelowo, an Englishman. |
| 6 | * FakeNationality: The Portuguese Creator/DanielaRuah plays Lightning's Italian girlfriend Sofia. |
| 7 | * HireTheCritic: Throughout ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks''' run, Aaron [=McGruder=], an otherwise professed ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, frequently called out Creator/GeorgeLucas for the racial stereotypes which [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]] perpetuated. So when it came time for George Lucas to find a screenwriter for his film with an all black cast, he sought out [=McGruder=] personally. And not only did [=McGruder=] enthusiastically take the job, but the topic of Jar Jar reportedly never came up between them during production! |
| 8 | * SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/GeorgeLucas originally developed the idea in 1988, with a scheduled release for 1992. A number of writers worked on the project until John Ridley was hired in 2007 to write the final screenplay, which was then subsequently revised by Creator/AaronMcGruder. If what Lucas said on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' is true, another reason it took long to produce was because [[ExecutiveVeto Hollywood executives]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything did not think a movie with a mostly black cast would be successful or make money.]] |
| 9 | * TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film got stuck on it for a couple years while a distributor was found. |
| 10 | * StillbornFranchise: Creator/GeorgeLucas initially envisioned a trilogy about the airmen going through training, fighting in the war, and then returning home. He made the middle portion first due to being the most audience-friendly, but it didn’t stop the film from flopping and ending any chance of the others being made. |
| 11 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 12 | ** Creator/SamuelLJackson was in talks with Creator/GeorgeLucas at one point to star in and possibly direct the film. |
| 13 | ** Lucas was set to direct at one point. |
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