B-17 guy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Tom Hanks and Steven Speilberg are gonna be making a new series for HBO called "Masters of the air", based off the book of the same name by Donald L. Miller. So the new series is gonna follow the 8th AF! Which means lots of beautiful boeing B-17's!!! I cant freak'n wait! I read the book, really good book,I recomend it! http://www.imdb.com/news/ni45285608/ http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/steven-spielberg-tom-hanks-third-world-war-ii-miniseries-secures-source-material/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helidriver Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve N Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I'm hoping they'll get at least a couple of flyable B-17s for the project, although of course interiors will be shot on soundstage mockups and certainly the combat scenes will be largely CGI. Hopefully said CGI will be more realistic than "Red Tails" (you could see the potential was there, but the execution left much to be desired.) I was fairly impressed with the CGI Normandy Drop sequences in "Band of Brothers," and that was made over a decade ago. Since the Speilberg and Hanks were behind that one, hopefully the flying scenes in "Masters Of The Air" will be even better. SN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 You lucky so and so's. I dont or can't get HBO.. :crying2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve N Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I don't either..like "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" I'll just wait and get it on home video. If "The Pacific" is any indication, the "Masters of the Air" will be out in a Blue Ray box set not long after the last episode airs. SN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 This could be reason enough for me to finally put down some coin to get HBO. I'm hooked on Game of Thrones! Got season 1 & 2 on BluRay now and am reading book 3. Waiting for season 3 to start. Hodor! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn C. Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I was fairly impressed with the CGI Normandy Drop sequences in "Band of Brothers," and that was made over a decade ago. Since the Speilberg and Hanks were behind that one, hopefully the flying scenes in "Masters Of The Air" will be even better. SN I thought the same thing, Steve. The C-47 scenes were pretty spectacular and I trust Hanks & Spielberg to do what they can to make things look good. The flying scenes in Red Tails were poorly done (I thought the entire movie was trite), but I think this particular series is in much better hands than those of Lucasfilm! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 LINK Lincolnshire in England has received a visit from aviation advisers associated with a new World War II mini-series from Steven Speilberg and Tom Hanks – Lincolnshire has a history of working with the US Army Air Force. The Mighty Eighth is a 10-part mini-series by Spielberg and Hanks. It’s the third part of their trilogy which includes Band of Brothers and Pacific. We actually aren’t too sure when the name change happened but, MASTERS OF THE AIR , the WWII companion piece to BAND OF BROTHERS and THE PACIFIC, now has the official title of THE MIGHTY EIGHTH, in our opinion you couldn’t have a better title – the Eighth Air Force is legendary. The new series will feature the daylight bomber raids by American forces over Nazi Germany. Those raids launched from bases in Norfolk and Suffolk which are on the east coast of England. What scenes will be shot in the UK have not been determined. Authorities in Lincolnshire want to encourage that their area be included since they were strongly linked with the USAAF in the war. 30,000 US servicemen were stationed in the Grantham area during the war. They were there to prepare for D-Day and Goxhill (in the north of the county) was used to train US pilots for bombing raids. It was from North Witham that the Pathfinder parachutists of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Division took off to become the first American troops into Normandy on D-Day. The 1990 film, Memphis Belle, shot scenes for the movie about the final mission of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, shot scenes at RAF Binbrook Don Miller is the author of Masters of the Air, the book which forms the basis of the new series. John Orloff is the scriptwriter. The two are touring key sites in Lincolnshire which are linked to the USAAF on Friday, February 24th. The tour is being organized by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire. The pair were at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. They were there for the launch of The Friendly Invasion, a new tourism package for North Americans to encourage more US tourists to come to the UK and find out about the war service of the ancestors. American visitors to the launch also included Mike Potter, who is the Director of the Military Air Museum at Virginia Beach, where the former control tower from Goxhill airbase has been transported and completely re-built. Miller said that the average age of a US crewman was 24. The average survival rate was 11 missions. Marson expects The Mighty Eighth to be on our screens in 2019. They are working hard now to be prepared to capitalize on the interest that the series will generate. Currently, they are using Miller and Orloff’s trip to offer convincing reasons why they should film scenes from the series in Lincolnshire. In 1942, so many American aviators were welcomed to Lincolnshire that it was dubbed the “Friendly Invasion.” RAF Gloxhill was among the first airfields given to the USAAF. The Americans renamed it Station 345. It was the base for the First Fighter Group, including the 71st Fighter Squadron and the 94th Fighter Squadron with its P-38 Lightnings. Miller reports that this newest WWII miniseries from HBO will focus on the camaraderie and the bonding inside the bombers – just the same as it did with Band of Brothers. It has gone through a name change. It was titled as the Masters of the Air but has now been changed to “The Mighty Eighth” as they were affectionately called because as their incredible and distinguished service and reputation spread across the whole of Europe – and in newsreels home and abroad. It is known for launching thousands of heavy bombers on a single mission. On the night of 19–20 February, the Eighth Air Force put up over 1,000 B-17s and B-24s and with over 800 fighters to bomb target in Germany – it caused massive destruction to the German war machine. “The Mighty Eight” had an incredible record of 17 recipients of the Medal of Honor, 220 Distinguished Service Crosses and a staggering 850 Silver Stars. HBOs latest 10 hour WWII miniseries will focus on the air war, the death and destruction of their high altitude bombing of Nazi Germany. It will also feature the personal stories of the aircrews and the leadership of the 8th Air Force. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Just hope the production value is more like BoB than the Pacific Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Not much love for The Pacific here? Loved it myself. Found it much darker and less romantic than BOB but still incredibly well done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 7 hours ago, toadwbg said: Not much love for The Pacific here? Loved it myself. Found it much darker and less romantic than BOB but still incredibly well done. The biggest flaw The Pacific had was that it came after Band of Brothers. If it had been done first, I think opinions of it would be more favorable. Regards, Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 43 minutes ago, Murph said: The biggest flaw The Pacific had was that it came after Band of Brothers. If it had been done first, I think opinions of it would be more favorable. Regards, Murph I think you're spot on there. I liked The Pacific I recently re watched when I was home sick (although I did skip through much of the scenes where they were home , or on leave. The episodes based on Sledges experiences are particularity good. The combat scenes were particularity well done in the whole series Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Anyone here read the book Masters of the Air? Worth the read? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, fulcrum1 said: Anyone here read the book Masters of the Air? Worth the read? Great book. One of my top WWII books. Lots of great personal stories that really bring the experience home. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 18 hours ago, fulcrum1 said: Anyone here read the book Masters of the Air? Worth the read? Excellent book. Regards, Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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