The Pacific

[Sporgie]

It is currently in post production, A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. I read that it has a budget of $250 000 000 which is just crazy..as I live in Britain it may not be put on TV over here for a while after it has aired in the US so I might not try to watch anything of it and just buy the blu ray of it when it arrives..it is going to be truly epic

Anybody else heard/excited for this?

[toneloctr]

Ive never heard of this until now, will have to research it. Anything related to Band of Brothers is going to be great.

[Sporgie]

hell yeah! it says it should be out this year as well which is awesome!

[mmunro2003]

There is no trailer up right now but if you scour youtube you can find an Austrailian trailer!

[toneloctr]

Every trailer you find will have been taken down by HBO. Its rumored that the budget was $150 Million and was one of the most expensive shows filmed in Australia.

[Sporgie]

aye, I've just been trying to find the trailer but it's been taken down from every where, I'm dying to see it

[toneloctr]

Here is a press release on The Pacific from HBO

http://www.hbo.com/films/news/

August 16, 2007 | Production Begins on 'The Pacific'

Production has begun in Australia on THE PACIFIC. Shooting through mid-2008, the epic ten-hour miniseries is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the creative team behind the Emmy®-winning 2001 HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."

THE PACIFIC is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks Television. The production is based at Melbourne Central City Studios in Melbourne, Victoria, with filming taking place in and around Melbourne, where U.S. troops camped in 1943, and multiple locations in Far North Queensland. Kary Antholis, senior vice president, HBO Films, is the executive in charge of the project. THE PACIFIC is scheduled to debut on HBO in 2009.

The miniseries tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie (played by James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (Jon Seda) - across the vast canvas of the Pacific. The extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.

Carl Franklin (HBO's "Rome"), Jeremy Podeswa (HBO's "Six Feet Under"), Tony To (HBO's "Band of Brothers"), Tim Van Patten (HBO's "The Sopranos") and Graham Yost (HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon") will direct episodes. Writers and additional directors will be announced as they are confirmed.

In addition to James Badge Dale ("The Departed"), Joe Mazzello ("Without a Trace") and Jon Seda ("Kevin Hill"), actors featured in THE PACIFIC include (in alphabetical order) Akos Armont, Jon Bernthal ("The Office"), Joshua Biton ("National Treasure"), Adam Booth ("Doctors"), Simon Bossell ("Hotel de Love"), Laurence Breuls ("Ghost Rider"), Tom Budge ("Last Train to Freo"), Linda Cropper ("McLeod's Daughters"), Brendan Fletcher ("Tideland"), Eamon Farren ("The Outsider"), Leon Ford (HBO's "Tsunami: The Aftermath"), Daniel Frederiksen ("Stingers"), Scott Gibson ("Lucky Number Slevin"), Joshua Helman, Ashton Holmes ("A History of Violence"), Andrew Lees, Rami Malek ("The War at Home"), Martin McCann ("Closing the Ring"), Ian Meadows ("Home and Away"), Toby Moore ("Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback"), Rohan Nichol ("All Saints"), Henry Nixon ("Happy Feet"), Keith Nobbs ("The Black Donnellys"), Annie Parisse ("Law & Order"), Sam Parsonson ("Love My Way"), Jacob Pitts ("The Novice"), Rupert Reid ("The Matrix Reloaded"), Mitch Ryan, William Sadler ("The Shawshank Redemption"), Gary Sweet ("Down in Splendor"), Anna Torv ("Young Lions"), Sandy Winton ("Two Twisted"), Dylan Young and Ashley Zukerman. Additional actors will be announced as they are confirmed.

THE PACIFIC is based on the books "With the Old Breed," by Eugene Sledge, which was hailed by historian Paul Fussell as "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war," and "Helmet for My Pillow," by Robert Leckie (recipient of the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Annual Award), as well as original interviews conducted by the filmmakers. Continuing the World War II oral history work begun by his father Stephen E. Ambrose (author of the book "Band of Brothers"), Hugh Ambrose serves as a consultant on the miniseries.

THE PACIFIC is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks Television; executive producers, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman; co-executive producers, Tony To, Graham Yost; supervising producer, Bruce McKenna; producer, Gene Kelly; co-producers, Robert Schenkkan, George P. Pelecanos, Michelle Ashford.

[Kynch]

That's great to hear!

I've been wanting to see that show ever since I finished Band Of Brothers. I'm just hoping it'll be a poignant.

If anyone finds a trailer, let us know.

[toneloctr]

Looks as though its about impossible to find the trailer for this. Its also starting to sound like an early 2010 release as well.

[Old_Guy]

I too am looking forward to this.
Although never receiving the notoriaty of the European theater, the War in the Pacific was, to say the least, every bit as bloody and hard fought as any battles in Europe, if not more so.
Starting with Pearl Harbor and culminating with the dropping of the Atomic Bomb, it certainly was an epic struggle that changed the world in many ways.
Sadly, it seems that it is remembered only by families and veterans.
It certainly deserves a Band of Brothers treatment.

[toneloctr]

Here is the preview trailer that aired on Australian television. Right now its the only known preview for this long awaited mini-series from the people who brought us Band of Brothers. I would watch it as soon as you can because HBO keeps taking down any videos of this trailer.

http://sharerevmedia.com/component/o...,52/id,922489/

Looks amazing to me and can't wait for its release.

[krazeyeyez]

Thanks OP and thanks tone for that preview! i am really psyched about this, may have to subscribe back up for HBO before this comes out

[toneloctr]

After watching the trailer again I thought that the young man they kept showing through out looked familiar, turns out its the actor that played Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park.

[Sporgie]

oh jeez that trailer was sweet! probably wont be up for that long though, so get watching

[toneloctr]

I would guess that HBO will start advertising about 2 months before the first episode will air similar to the same thing they did with Band of Brothers.

[JJ]

Holy crap, that was little Tim Murphy! I just saw JP yesterday, too.

[toneloctr]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

Holy crap, that was little Tim Murphy! I just saw JP yesterday, too.

Yeah and hes still got that dirt on his face

[STARSCREAM]

Gonna be epic.

[Old Bones]

Holly Crap Batman , now I gotta subscribe to HBO Canada... this is gunna be great

[Pirate King]

My Uncles was in the 2nd Marine Division during WWII. He operated a flame thrower. I cannot imagine how that must have been. Many men died to protect our freedom.......... I am anxiously awaiting this series.