Described as a kind of companion piece to their 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's new HBO series, The Pacific, will begin filming this summer.
The Pacific focuses on three marines stationed in the Pacific: Robert Leckie, John Basilone and Eugene Sledge. The miniseries is based on the books With the Old Breed and Helmet for My Pillow, written by Sledge and Leckie, respectively. Hugh Ambrose, the brother of the late Band of Brothers author Stephen E. Ambrose, is also serving as a consultant on the new miniseries, and, along with Hanks and Spielberg, interviewed the men on which this new miniseries, a fictionalized account of their time as soldiers, is based.
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4-25-2007 @ 2:35PM
Andrew Liptak said...
Hm, about time - I've heard of this for years, ever since they first released Band of Brothers. Should be interesting to see, hopefully it'll be a good followup.
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4-25-2007 @ 2:53PM
David said...
About time, it was rumoured for years. Now I will just have to wait another 10 years to buy the DVD at a good price.
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4-25-2007 @ 6:41PM
khamel said...
Band of Brothers is probably one of the 10 best things to ever be put on film (either movie or tv) so im really excited but skeptical that i could be anything close. If i ever became uber rich, i'd have a room that only showed Band of Brothers on a loop like they joke that rappers have rooms that only show Scarface.
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