  Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg making 3rd WWII epic for HBO January 19, 2013 - 18:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - HBO confirmed Friday, Jan 18 that it is developing a third World War II miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Joining an oeuvre that already includes 2001's Band of Brothers and 2010's The Pacific, the untitled miniseries will explore the aerial wars through the eyes of enlisted men of the Eighth Air Force, known as the men of the Mighty Eighth. The project will use at its source material historian Donald L. Miller’s nonfiction tome Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany. Spielberg, Hanks and Gary Goetzman again will serve as executive producers via Hanks and Goetzman’s Playtone and Spielberg’s Amblin Television. HBO executives have been in discussions about a third World War II miniseries for several months. Justified creator Graham Yost, who wrote several episodes of Brothers and Pacific, recently said that he was eager to reteam with Hanks and Spielberg on another WWII epic. And now that the source material has been optioned, the project can move into development. Additional source material might be added later. Partner news  Top stories The museum artifacts were moved to a place of safety after the fire was put out; reconstruction works are currently in progress. Oldman made his directorial debut in 1997 with the critically-acclaimed family drama "Nil by Mouth." Yuri Shevchukexpressed a wish to meet representatives of the Armenian rock, noting it as one of the key goals of his visit. The Hunger Games star joins a cast featuring John Malkovich, Ben Kingsley, Michael Sheen and Teresa Palmer.   Partner news |  Latest news LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’  "We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted.UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year. |
