By Michael Aaron Secretan (Righty) (24.76.236.208) on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 08:55 pm:

I couldn't belive what I had just read but i thought I should share it.

"After the worldwide success of 'Band of Brothers', Steven Spielberg is set to produce another TV drama about World War II.

The Hollywood Reporter says Spielberg and partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are developing a 10-part series set during the battles in the Pacific Theatre.

A deal is being finalised with US cable channel HBO with the project expected to require a budget of over $100m.

It is expected that, like 'Band of Brothers', the series will follow a group of soldiers during the Pacific campaign."


I do not know if production has began or if this source is even true but I sure hope it is. It would be nice to get both sides of the war.

By Michael Aaron Secretan (Righty) (24.76.236.208) on Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 09:54 pm:

Found another article,

"By Chris Gardner

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steven Spielberg (news), Tom Hanks (news) and Gary Goetzman -- the Emmy-winning creative team behind "Band of Brothers" -- are mounting a new 10-part World War II mini-series centered on battles in the Pacific theater.

DreamWorks confirmed that the project, being referred to as the "Untitled World War II Pacific Theater Project," is in the early stages of development, with a deal being finalized for HBO to serve as a partner in the mini-series.

The production is expected to require a "Brothers"-type budget of more than $100 million.

Screenwriter Bruce McKenna, who penned several installments of the first miniseries and picked up a Writers Guild of America Award for his work, already has held numerous creative meetings with Spielberg and Goetzman and is expected to become the head writer.

There is no deal for McKenna, and negotiations haven't started for the scribe to board the project, but sources said the principals are discussing scheduling and how much it would cost to hire McKenna for what would be a long-term assignment.

Currently a hot writer on the film front, McKenna is adapting Marvel Comics' "Hands of Shang Chi" for DreamWorks and recently closed a deal to adapt the upcoming nonfiction book "The Perfect Mile" for Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment and Kennedy/Marshall.

The "Pacific Theater Project" is not based on any existing source material but is expected to follow a company of soldiers through the island campaign, just as "Brothers" viewed the European campaign from D-Day forward through the eyes of Easy Company of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.

The multiepisode "Brothers," based on the book by historian Stephen E. Ambrose, proved to be an awards circuit favorite after it aired on HBO in 2001. It was nominated for 19 Emmys and earned six, including a trophy for outstanding miniseries.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter"


I can't wait!

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.165.243) on Friday, November 21, 2003 - 07:28 am:

Me neither! But somehow, i feel like BoB will always be # 1 in my heart

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By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.165.243) on Friday, November 21, 2003 - 07:31 am:

Me neither! But somehow, i feel like BoB will always be # 1 in my heart

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