search tells me there isn't a Band of Brothers thread. WTF TMB? Started a re-watch and you should too
Apple Launches In-House Studio With 'Band of Brothers'/'The Pacific' Follow-Up 'Masters of the Air,' which was originally developed for HBO, will be the third story in the WWII saga from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks — and the first show the tech giant will actually own. Spoiler Apple is ready for takeoff. The tech giant has handed out a nine-episode order for Masters of the Air, the follow-up drama to HBO's limited series Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Additionally, Apple is officially launching its own internal studio, making the series the first that it will own in-house. Apple's Worldwide Video heads Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht will also oversee the unnamed studio in a move that brings them back to their roots as head of Sony Pictures TV. Sources say HBO released the series — focused on historian Donald L. Miller's nonfiction book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany — ages ago and before WarnerMedia became its new corporate parent. The decision, sources say, was based on the price tag for the series, which is said to clock in at an estimated $250 million. Also a factor was the fact that DVD sales were largely responsible for turning pricey awards winners The Pacific and Brothers into financial hits. With the DVD market imploding amid the explosion of streaming, sources say HBO opted to dedicate those resources elsewhere. (The cabler has continued to be an aggressive buyer amid the arms race for top talent, stars and packages.) Masters focuses the aerial wars through the eyes of enlisted men of the Eighth Air Force — known as the men of the Mighty Eighth — who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. The drama arrives two decades after HBO won six Emmys (out of a whopping 19 nominations) for Band of Brothers and its 2010 sequel, The Pacific, which scored 24 noms and a leading eight wins. All of the producers behind both Brothers and Pacific are slated to return for the new installment. Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Steven Spielberg will exec produce for Hanks and Goetzman's Playtone and the latter's Amblin Television, respectively. Amblin TV's Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey will co-exec produce alongside Playtone's Steven Shareshian. Band of Brothers grad John Orloff will pen the script and also co-EP the series alongside Graham Yost (Justified). The latter also worked on both previous shows in the franchise. The third miniseries in the WWII saga had been in talks for months after The Pacific's success. The third show was officially put in development back in January 2013 at HBO. This is Apple's second show with Spielberg and joins episodic anthology Amazing Stories at the tech company, which will officially enter the scripted originals market with its first four shows available Nov. 1 when its TV+ launches. All told, Masters is the third international drama series, joining Pachinko and Shantaram. As for Apple's in-house studio, the move had been considered not an "if" but a "when." As former studio chiefs at Sony TV, Van Amburg and Erlicht are well-versed in the importance of having an internal studio that not only oversees production but owns the programming. Producing its programming in-house will monetize Apple's content and eliminate having to pay expensive licensing fees to such outside studios as Warner Bros. TV. Of all of Apple's 20-plus shows already greenlit and in the works, the tech giant did not own a single one of them. The industry has continued to make ownership a top priority amid the talent wars and rising costs for prolific showrunners and top TV packages. All the broadcast networks, for example, largely buy from their affiliated studios. Forthcoming streamers, too — like Disney+, Peacock and HBO Max — are also buying predominantly from their in-house studios in a bid to own and better monetize their content amid an era of fierce competition and dwindling linear ratings. Here is the concept teaser from a long time ago
Wish they would do the one about the bomber crews over Europe. The Mighty Eighth or something like that. There was talk about it for like a decade. Guess HBO, Spielberg, and Hanks said fuck it. Yeah I'm pissed.
i've been rewatching this, the sopranos, the wire, and game of thrones but only through youtube clips
I had a friend with the last name Winters lie to me that Dick WInters was his grandfather. What a fucking dick (pun intended).
David Schwimmer as Lieutenant Sobel was out of this world. He was a major character in like 2 episodes, but he is a character I'll never forget. Hard to believe, but: In 1970, Sobel shot himself in the head with a small-caliber pistol in an attempted suicide.[11] The bullet entered his left temple, passed behind his eyes, and exited the other side of his head. This severed his optic nerves and left him blind.[11] Soon afterward, he began living at a VA assisted-living facility in Waukegan, Illinois. He died there of malnutrition on 30 September 1987.[11][12] No memorial services were held for him.[11]
:58 seconds gives me goosebumps and/or makes me cry every time. Probably watched it two dozen separate times and it never fails.
The scene where they find the concentration camp is one of the most powerful ones in film. The whole show is incredible but at that point it blurred the lines between reality, just based on how incredibly the actors played their parts. I most definitely cried at the moment one of the prisoners carried his father up and begged them to save him, that there was still time. He spoke my language perfectly, down to the region I grew up in. It's a haunting piece of cinema, I hope those who haven't give it a shot.
I’ve watched it once on the quarantine and I’m contemplating watching again. Agreed with what Fudd Bezos said, I always remembered how much I hated Sobel, but it always shocks me he did that I’m only an episode and change. HI HO SILVERRR
It's kind of insane how many then unknown actors were in the cast. Michael Fassbender Tom Hardy Simon Pegg James McAvoy Andrew Scott (Moriarty from "Sherlock")
Because I have a distaste for Friends, I tend to irrationally dismiss the skills of it's stars. But Schwimmer really nailed that role.
He did, he indeed did. I couldn't believe it. Better actor than I anticipated, pretty sure the only things I had seen him in before was Friends and that OJ season of American Crime Story.
Going to Ireland next year for the Husk game. Adding extra time to visit WW2 areas in France. Can't wait. Omaha beach is a huge bucket list location for me.
Talking my father-in-law into starting this show. 99% confidence he will enjoy it. A minor history buff for sure but it's just that fucking good of a show, too.
Good place to have a rented car. The points of interest are spread out and there's no real central spot, other than maybe the American cemetery. Be sure to see Pointe du Hoc between Omaha and Utah. We didn't make it to Arromanches but wish we had
BOB is the GOAT, re-watch at least once a year. About 10 years ago my buddies and I went to Normandy on D-Day. We were naive enough to think we could find a tour to attend. After that didn’t work out, there was a local cab driver dropping someone off at the beaches and offered to take us on basically the exact same tour. Was an incredible experience. Standing on those beaches looking out into the water thinking about everything that must be sitting on the floor was one of the more unique experiences in my life. Turning around and seeing the bunkers still in place was just nuts.
Hmmm.... I'm a FIL four times over, not a big fan of war movies, but fucking loved BoB. I'm a walking cliche.