HBO's "Pacific" - good news for Band of Brothers fans

[Lurking Lawyer]

http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/video.html

Hanks and Spielberg are at it again. I thought Band of Brothers was some of the best TV I've ever seen and was quite excited when I read (a while back now - 2-3 years ago, I think) that they were considering doing a "companion" series about the war in the Pacific. I'd rather given up on it so this is welcome news.

Scheduled for Spring 2010. Looks very promising....

[Lefty Guns]

That looks great!

Just watching BoB again (and on blu-ray now.) It's ace.

[hornetrider]

Almighty bump - starting to see some trailers for this now - looks absolutely epic!

[Lefty Two Drams]

Any news on a release date?

[MrV]

March in the States so hopefully the same month for us

Did anyone notice it will be on Sky movies rather than Sky 1

Good for me as no ad breaks but crafty move on their front if you don't have the film package.

[hornetrider]

Wiki reckons March 14th but Sky Movies still say "Spring".

This will only be on Sky Movies - not Sky 1. (And the internets obviously!) One good thing though is that its simoultaneous in the US and UK.

[Lefty Two Drams]

hornetrider said:

Wiki reckons March 14th but Sky Movies still say "Spring".

This will only be on Sky Movies - not Sky 1. (And the internets obviously!) One good thing though is that its simoultaneous in the US and UK.

[Gillet]

Gonna be on Sky Movies HD too, can't wait, have been looking forward to it for about a year or 2 now, gonna be awesome!

[T89 Callan]

Great Sky movies, I'll right this off until ot comes out on DVD then.

[Ross1988]

T89 Callan said:

Great Sky movies, I'll right this off until ot comes out on DVD then.

Yup, guess i'll have to aswell.

Is there a book for this aswell?

The Band of Brothers book by Stephen Ambrose was fantastic

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

It sounds from the Hanks/Spielberg featurette on youtube that it's a composite storyline centred around two chaps that wrote books of their experiences, and one other guy. It's going to be weird getting to know a bunch of new characters as well as Winters and co. – and it's hard to believe BoB was filmed over 10 years ago! I've just started watching it through for at least the 10th time. No other TV series has come close to it in terms of visceral engagement with characters and the war. Yay!

[Ross1988]

TimmyWimmyWoo said:

It sounds from the Hanks/Spielberg featurette on youtube that it's a composite storyline centred around two chaps that wrote books of their experiences, and one other guy. It's going to be weird getting to know a bunch of new characters as well as Winters and co. – and it's hard to believe BoB was filmed over 10 years ago! I've just started watching it through for at least the 10th time. No other TV series has come close to it in terms of visceral engagement with characters and the war. Yay!

I think you should of ended that post in Woo!

Got the titles of these books please?

[ErnestM]

Ross1988 said:

TimmyWimmyWoo said:

It sounds from the Hanks/Spielberg featurette on youtube that it's a composite storyline centred around two chaps that wrote books of their experiences, and one other guy. It's going to be weird getting to know a bunch of new characters as well as Winters and co. – and it's hard to believe BoB was filmed over 10 years ago! I've just started watching it through for at least the 10th time. No other TV series has come close to it in terms of visceral engagement with characters and the war. Yay!

I think you should of ended that post in Woo!

Got the titles of these books please?

All information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseri...

Plus some info on the actual production...

[funkyrobot]

Fantastic stuff.

BOB was ace!

[Elroy Blue]

I've been waiting for this for ages. It was one of the reasons I got Sky. Then they alienate all the people who don't have movies/HD.

Sky..your business ethic stinks. I won't be upgrading (I'll wait for the DVD), but in a few months when the contract runs out..bye bye Sky.