George Lucas has been on a 23-year odyssey to get ` ` Red Tails '' into theaters . The latest excuse offered up by the Hollywood studios is that `` black films '' do n't sell well overseas . The World War II action film has a predominantly black cast . Hollywood has a rocky history with ' ` ` black '' films , " Martin says . The studios should market good movies , not make them , he says .
George Lucas has been on a 23-year odyssey to get ` ` Red Tails '' into theaters . The World War II action film has a predominantly black cast . Hollywood has a rocky history with ' ` ` black '' films , " Martin says . The studios should market good movies , not make them , he says .