Rocketeer II

[ChrisIII]

Looks like this is a go. Like Willow, Rocketeer was an ambitious flop, but Disney+ is giving it a second chance.


https://www.cbr.com/disneys-rocketee...david-oyelowo/

I think it'd be actually cool for most of the original cast to return as supporting characters or cameos, if possible. Would be interesting to see Terry O Quinn as the later years of Howard Hughes (Who invented the jetpack in the original movie)

[Frontier]

I still want to see Cliff Secord as the Rocketeer but a Tuskegee airman as the Rocketeer sounds pretty cool.

[Vakanai]

If they manage to capture the feel and tone and just plain magic of the first one (unlikely, can never capture lightning in a bottle twice) this should be highly entertaining. I absolutely loved the original.

[babyblob]

This makes me sooo happy. I loved the Rocketeer. One of my favorite movies even to this day

[Frontier]

If they manage to capture the feel and tone and just plain magic of the first one (unlikely, can never capture lightning in a bottle twice) this should be highly entertaining. I absolutely loved the original.

Same here .

[Kirby101]

The story sounds interesting .
It's not Steven's Rocketeer, but could work. Needs great flying-action scenes.

[Tien Long]

I still want to see Cliff Secord as the Rocketeer but a Tuskegee airman as the Rocketeer sounds pretty cool.

Agreed. I'd like a guest star from the original cast, but having a Tuskegee airman in the role adds a sense of respect and dignity to the character.

[ChrisIII]

David did play an Airman in "Red Tails". Although not a historical one.

[Vakanai]

Wait...if the hero is a former Tuskegee airman, then this is post-war? So we're not getting Nazis as the villains? Not sure who can replace them.

I mean, the KKK for example was as evil, but dumb rednecks, which is who the KKK were/are, isn't exactly great movie foes - I don't even like Deliverance. Maybe the Soviets?

[Cyke]

My god, a Tuskegee airmen flying to THIS score would make me bawl with all the feels:

[Vakanai]

My god, a Tuskegee airmen flying to THIS score would make me bawl with all the feels:

Must be cause I'm white, but while this score and Rockteer would get an emotional response from me easy, it being a Tuskegee airman doesn't resonate or bring anything else for me that any other pilot would. But again, white. Considering how few poc heroes there's been in media, I imagine it has to have resonance for others that it just never will for me, and that's a pretty great thing. Hopefully in a few decades we'll get to the point were it's become so common place it no longer feels like such a needed win, but sadly we're not there yet. Hopefully this movie helps push us along to that time though.

[BeastieRunner]

Wait ... Rocketeer was a flop!?

I rented that sucker so much, we broke the tape and the VRC just gave me a new copy to keep!

I still have all the old-school red & blue 3d comics (sans covers!) when those came out.

[ChrisIII]

I think a lot of James Horner's music was played in several movie trailers. He did have a tendency to reuse many of his own themes at times as well (His ALIENS score used a lot of slightly altered music from his Star Trek stuff, for example).

[ChrisIII]

Wait ... Rocketeer was a flop!?

I rented that sucker so much, we broke the tape and the VRC just gave me a new copy to keep!

I still have all the old-school red & blue 3d comics (sans covers!) when those came out.

It did make a minor profit by about 10 million, but not enough to really be considered a hit back then.

[BeastieRunner]

David did play an Airman in "Red Tails". Although not a historical one.

Red Tails/Rocketeer multiverse confirmed!