Band of Brothers sequel: The Pacific 2009

stomprockin

please excuse if it's a repost..

A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyN7mCuDu94

Can't wait..

John-Holmes

Can't wait either dude. It looks so good.

purple_hatstand

Has HBO ever been wrong?

Is this made by the same guys as BOB?

John-Holmes

purple_hatstand wrote: »

Has HBO ever been wrong?

Is this made by the same guys as BOB?

Think so man. I see on the video there that Hanks and Speilberg are mentioned so it should be.

dubmick

looks brilliant, bit of a wait yet. HBO says coming in 2010..

stomprockin

it's reported to have a budget of a whopping $200 million :eek:

cdb

Money well spent if it is anywhere near as good as Band of Brothers.

Vic Vinegar

Excellent news! Should be great.

At the time, BOB was the most expensive TV production ever was it not?

ziedth

i'm only watching bob now, for some reason i kept putting it off and kind of forgot about it, i'm only 3 episodes watched so far but i must say wow what a show.

I'm afraid to watch the clip in case it gives anything away. Is it a real sequal or does it follow a differenr company?

Auvers

ziedth wrote: »

. Is it a real sequal or does it follow a differenr company?

its not a "sequel" its just produced by the same guys that were responsible for BOB

Zulu

Yea I was gonna say: it doesn't look like it's from a Stephen Ambrose documentary. Shame.

Should still be deadly though.

purple_hatstand

ziedth wrote: »

I'm afraid to watch the clip in case it gives anything away.

WWII is, like, over...:rolleyes:

full list of credits here and it's out 2009 apparently but not sure whenabouts.....

Pugsley

Great news, haven't rewatched BoB for about 2 years now, must rectify this. Hope this turns out well, if it's the same crowd I'm fairly hopeful.

TheIrishGrover

Apparently. Hanks said so in an interview in Empire a couple of months ago. Apparently some legal wranglings delayed it a few months. It's not a coproduction with BBC this time (As BoB was) and rumour has it that Sky have the rights, are going to show it on their HD movie channels. As someone said, BoB was the most expensive miniseries at the time: $120 million and this has a $200 million budget.

It's following an entire different troop with a possible cameo from the ubiquitious Dale Dye (As usual, he's the military advisor).

Oh, and Isabel Lucas is in it

BopNiblets

Totally rad news!
It sounds like Michael Kamen score on it aswell (if that music belongs to it...)

Have you guys seen Generation Kill?
I think it's like BoB but in Iraq, by the same people who made The Wire, check it out.

Currahee01

I swear i did a little wee when i heard about this cant wait for it!!

The Black Oil

Looks like there will be more 'home' scenes in this compared to BoB. Here's hoping they get the characters right, otherwise..

March or April 2010 seems more realistic, don't believe IMDB.

Wacker

BopNiblets wrote: »

Totally rad news!
It sounds like Michael Kamen score on it aswell (if that music belongs to it...)

Have you guys seen Generation Kill?
I think it's like BoB but in Iraq, by the same people who made The Wire, check it out.

I just ordered Generation Kill off Play. If I don't love this show, you owe me 35.49!

Back to the OP: this looks fantastic! It's great to be excited about a new TV show again; I thought I owned all the good ones at this stage. In fact, it's been about a year since I watched Band of Brothers - maybe it's time for another go around? It will be my fifth time, I think... possibly sixth.

lostexpectation

its tv

Kiith

This is going to be fantastic. BoB remains one of the finest pieces of telivision ever made, and everyone should watch it.

BopNiblets wrote: »

It sounds like Michael Kamen score on it aswell (if that music belongs to it...)

The music towards the end of the trailer is from Stardust, composed by Ilan Eshkeri iirc. Great score.

stomprockin

i just love the way you can watch Bob over and over never get tired of it:D

Indie18

It's really good news about this, I loved Band of Brothers, I loved the way I got really interested in the charactors in the show(mainly because they are based on real people). I can't wait for this. It will actually be something good among all the reality s**te and talentless shows all over TV these days.

Lamper.sffc

Auvers wrote: »

its not a "sequel" its just produced by the same guys that were responsible for BOB

BOB II This time its war

Photi

Ace, it stars Joseph Mazzello, the wee kid from Jurassic Park.

TheManWho

Photi wrote: »

Ace, it stars Joseph Mazzello, the wee kid from Jurassic Park.

But he's little Tim, they can't send him off to fight the Japs.

purple_hatstand

TheManWho wrote: »

But he's little Tim, they can't send him off to fight the Japs.

Why not? Is Godzilla scarier than a T-Rex?

Peteee

BopNiblets wrote: »

It sounds like Michael Kamen score on it aswell (if that music belongs to it...)

Hans Zimmer is doing the score for the series.

Sleazus

It's coming to Sky next Spring.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jul/10/pacific-hbo-miniseries

Screw that, I'm buying the boxset.

Somnus

Looks good, but I wonder will the characters be as good etc. Is it a fictional story or more based on real people like BoB was?

DrumSteve

looks like michael kamen is dead man.

Sleazus

Dr.Poca wrote: »

Looks good, but I wonder will the characters be as good etc. Is it a fictional story or more based on real people like BoB was?

As far as I'm aware, it's the same dealio when it comes to being based off actual accounts.

There will be one fairly major difference in style though: apparently it goes past VJ and looks at how the troops deal with going home after the war. Some of BoB took place in Europe after the war, but only an episode as I recall (which is fair, as the war wasn't over at that stage).

lostexpectation

its based on two books of firsthand accounts

Quilly

Wacker wrote: »

I just ordered Generation Kill off Play. If I don't love this show, you owe me 35.49!

Back to the OP: this looks fantastic! It's great to be excited about a new TV show again; I thought I owned all the good ones at this stage. In fact, it's been about a year since I watched Band of Brothers - maybe it's time for another go around? It will be my fifth time, I think... possibly sixth.

if u dont like Generation Kill u can just send it on to me and i'll add it to my other one . 2 is always better than 1 no ? Anywyas it's awsome so you'll love it

The Black Oil

New trailer is up. http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/video.html

Looks like the action could be more full on than BoB..

emergingstar

cant wait for this