...to star in Oliver Stone's "Pinkville," a film about the infamous My Lai masscre during the Vietnam war.

Willis will play William R. Peers, the real-life Army general who investigated the murder of about 350-500 people -- mostly women, children and the elderly -- by U.S. soldiers.

Channing Tatum ("Step Up") will portray Hugh Thompson Jr., an Army helicopter pilot who helped stop the killing by flying between the attackers and the My Lai villagers, rescued survivors and later testified against the soldiers.

Michael Pena is in talks to play Capt. Ernest Medina, the tough commanding officer of the troops responsible for the massacre who was charged in the crimes but ultimately found not guilty. Pena appeared in Stone's last film, "World Trade Center."

United Artists is in talks to finance the $40 million project, set for production next year. In the screenplay by Mikko Alanne, the audience pieces together the truth as Peers finds his way through the event's cover-up.

If it plays out like this it may not be quite as bad as I'm fearing.  I just have a bad feeling about this, that it will turn out to be some sort of statement on current military affairs or something worse.  Time will tell.

Link: Stone recruits Willis for My Lai massacre film | Entertainment | Reuters