The Flyboys (released Internationally as Sky Kids) is a 2008 American aviation adventure film starring Reiley McClendon, Jesse James, Stephen Baldwin and Tom Sizemore.

The Flyboys revolve around a "coming-of-age" story of two boys from a small town who find their courage tested when they accidentally stow away aboard an aircraft owned by the mob.

While trying out the controls of the silver colored twin-engine airliner, the hangar doors unexpectedly open and the boys immediately hide to avoid getting in trouble.

They hope that whoever it is will simply leave shortly so they hide in the rear baggage compartment but to their dismay the plane gets started and heads for takeoff.

Angelo then comes in a helicopter and asks if Kyle and Jason are all right, while Lenny, still on the plane, crashes into a mountain and the explosion kills him.

Meanwhile, one of the bullies was busy fixing his car, until two of Angelo’s guards named Manny and Sal, picked him up and threatened him.

Producer, director and screenwriter Rocco DeVilliers worked with a $2.4 million budget, meagre for a major production.

Ultimately, despite 21 wins at numerous film festivals, The Flyboys was relegated to a DVD release, re-titled as Sky Kids.

[2] [Note 1] In 2008, Devilliers embarked on an odyssey of film festivals all over the United States, with The Flyboys picking up 21 individual awards.

[4] In 2012, Dark Coast Pictures began developing a television series continuation, with Rocco DeVilliers shooting a 15-minute test-footage promo primarily in Lincoln County to pitch to networks.

The series first season was planned to have 13 episodes, focusing on the main duo trying to get through high-school while also continuing their troublesome ways.

It was reported that deleted and unreleased scenes and storylines shot for the 2008 film would be intertwined and featured in the series as an additional plotline to their backstory.