With the opening fifteen minutes to Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg altered cinematic portrayals of war like Sylvester Stallone transformed fighting scenes in Rocky.
In 2001, Spielberg and Tom Hanks teamed up again to bring us Band of Brothers, possibly the greatest thing ever filmed. Now they’re at it again.
The current project is a follow-up to The Pacific, another 10 part series set to release this year. The story will follow the 1st Marine Division from Guadalcanal to Okinawa.
This theater of battle has not been explored by filmmakers nearly as much as Europe. Most Americans recognize Hitler and nazism but don’t understand Eastern cultures or the Asian world as well. Furthermore, the Holocaust didn’t take place in Japan. Nevertheless, now it’s time for this level of production to focus on these amazing untold stories.
The team once again tapped writer Bruce McKenna to adapt the stories for screen.
You can view a trailer and info here. Keep checking right here for every meaningful update on this anticipated series.
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Readers will also enjoy Soldier’s Mail which features the writings home of US Sgt Sam Avery from the front lines of American involvement in the Great War. Fascinating eyewitness account from the hot sands along the Rio Grande to the cold mud along the Meuse. Letters are posted on the same date they were written more than 90 years ago. Long before the Greatest Generation there was the Most Gallant Generation. Come read the blog and march along!