This Article is From Jan 20, 2013

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks to reunite for their third World War II project

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks to reunite for their third World War II project

Highlights

  • Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks are working on a new miniseries for HBO.
  • After bringing Band of Brothers in 2001 and The Pacific in 2010, the Oscar-winning director and the Oscar-winning actor are reuniting for their third World War II project, reported Aceshowbiz.
  • The untitled project will use historian Donald L Miller's non-fiction tome Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany as its source material.
  • The upcoming miniseries will focus on the aerial wars through the eyes of enlisted men of the Eighth Air Force, known as the men of the Mighty Eighth. Spielberg and Hanks will serve as executive producers, joined by Gary Goetzman. The project has been in development for months and is now moving forward as they have acquired the right to Masters of the Air.
Los Angeles: Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks are working on a new miniseries for HBO.

After bringing Band of Brothers in 2001 and The Pacific in 2010, the Oscar-winning director and the Oscar-winning actor are reuniting for their third World War II project, reported Aceshowbiz.

The untitled project will use historian Donald L Miller's non-fiction tome Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany as its source material.

The upcoming miniseries will focus on the aerial wars through the eyes of enlisted men of the Eighth Air Force, known as the men of the Mighty Eighth. Spielberg and Hanks will serve as executive producers, joined by Gary Goetzman. The project has been in development for months and is now moving forward as they have acquired the right to Masters of the Air.
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