When Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks catch together, they assert one of the valuable most appropriate World War II you’ve ever viewed. We’re speaking Saving Non-public Ryan, The Pacific, and the good-trying HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers.
In 2024, they’re going to partner with Austin Butler (Elvis) and Barry Keoghan (Banshees of Inisherin), for the prolonged-awaited Masters of the Air—which is in accordance with Donald L. Miller’s guide of the identical name. Initially pitched as an Apple TV+ open title in 2019, the WWII series will indirectly look the light of day. Slash-off date reports that the 9-episode series heed spherical $250 million to originate. Plus, along with to Keoghan and Butler, Masters of the Air will also feature Intercourse Education’s Ncuti Gatwa. Graham Yost, the creator of Justified, penned the screenplay alongside John Orloff (Band of Brothers).
“Masters of the Air is a salute to the fearless males of the eighth Air Pressure, who, via their courage and brotherhood, helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II,” stated govt producer Gary Goetzman. “Tom and Steven dangle continuously wanted to visualise cinematically what our author Don Miller has known as, this ‘singular match within the historical past of battle.’ We’re overjoyed that Apple TV+ has given us the opportunity to combine the efforts of so many gifted folks, on-veil and within the wait on of the digicam, to assert this necessary fable.”
The first two episodes of Masters of the Air will premiere on Apple TV+ on January 26, 2024, continuing weekly via March 15. If it’s anything else delight in Band of Brothers, we’re in for something special.
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