http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374463/

The Pacific Theatre Campaign.

Quote :

"After the acclaimed success of the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," Tom Hanks and his Playtone producing partner-in-war Gary Goetzman are reuniting with - guess who - Steven Spielberg to produce a new World War II dramatic miniseries, this time set in the Pacific Theater. Tentatively dubbed "Untitled World War II Pacific Theater Project," the DreamWorks project will focus on a battalion of soldiers, following them through the island-to-island assault on the Japanese, which culminated in the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Unlike "Band of Brothers," which was based on Stephen Ambrose's bestseller, which chronicled the506 th Airborne Regiment after their landing in France on D-Day, the trio's newest project will be an original work. Bruce McKenna, recipient of the Writers Guild of America award for work on several "Band" episodes, is reportedly the frontrunner to take charge of the writing team. "

8/31/2008 10:02:32 PM

sweet

8/31/2008 10:04:04 PM

um major fuck yes

BoB is good as hell

8/31/2008 10:29:50 PM

awesome but i like that original bob was real people and followed them through the war where they really fought, etc...

this just sounds like it'll be completely made up

9/1/2008 12:15:33 AM

What makes you say that?

Quote :

"The Pacific is based on the books “With the Old Breed,” by Eugene Sledge, and “Helmet for My Pillow,” by Robert Leckie, their experiences of the battles of Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa etc."

9/1/2008 12:52:04 AM

i hope its not a retread of the same themes and character types (eg. Hey, this is pacific dick winters, this is the Bastogne episode. etc.)

[Edited on September 1, 2008 at 12:56 AM. Reason : .]

9/1/2008 12:54:34 AM

Damn they haven't started filming this yet? I'm happy to see something reported online about it, but I've heard rumors about this for over two years.

9/1/2008 1:05:06 AM

I posted about this in 2006

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=417580

and again in April of this year... Gonna watch it, be happy...

9/1/2008 2:12:24 AM