MUMBAI: Michael Chait will direct TMU Pictures‘ combat action-adventure film War Birds of which he himself has written the original story. The film to be produced and written by Josh Staman and Bryan Binder has screenplay by Richard Jefferies.

Birds follows an Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot as he gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat. Shooting is scheduled for the summer in Michigan using all real airplanes and aerial sequences, including authentic P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings, F4U Corsairs and a B-17 Flying Fortress as well as modern military helicopters and jets.

The film will have Titanic cinematographer Russell Carpenter as a visual consultant.

"I love big, exciting, action-adventure movies, especially when they are shot live, in camera," Chait said.