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Originally Posted by 4th wilts
i understand christian bale is being lined up as the main role.lee.
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First off, for all interested,
here is a fan site with video clips. If you look at some of the pictures taken, you'll see that we have moved far beyond casting of this movie and theyve actually pretty much finished filming! So no Christian Bale.
Wikipedia already had this entered way back in July, via IMDB.com. Heres what those two reported, and Im happy to say that it seems as if theyre
NOT going with a big time actor like Christian Bale. i like him and all, but these things are so much better when they dont use a bunch of big time muckity mucks....Anyway, heres what i had on my blog "
Ostenfeld' a while back.
The Pacific is a World War II television drama mini-series, produced by HBO, which is currently in development. It is the successor to Band of Brothers. Whereas Band of Brothers focused on United States involvement in the European Theater of Operations, the new series will be about the Pacific Theater of Operations. The Pacific will not be associated with any of the characters from Band of Brothers and is to be based primarily on two memoirs of U.S. Marines: With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. The series will tell the stories of the two authors and Marine John Basilone, as the war against the Empire of Japan rages.
The Pacific is being spearheaded by Bruce McKenna, who was one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, will serve as a project consultant.
Production
Production of the series started in August 2007, in
Australia. Filming locations will include in and around
Port Douglas, Queensland and both
Melbourne and
rural Victoria.
[3] The series has a budget of more than US$200 million and the series is thought to be the most expensive ever made in Australia. While the producers –
HBO,
Playtone and
Dreamworks – have not made an official comment about
The Pacific, they have set up a production office in Melbourne and commenced casting. The
Seven Network will also help out with the production.
[4]
Storyline
The Pacific will draw on several sources of material, including Eugene Sledge's
With the Old Breed and
Robert Leckie's Helmet for My Pillow.
Hugh Ambrose, son of the late historian
Stephen Ambrose, will serve as a consultant on the project; Stephen Ambrose's book of the same name was the source material for
Band of Brothers.
The Pacific follows the stories of the two authors, as well as that of fellow Marine
John Basilone, as they fight against Japan across the Pacific.
Given the literary sources mentioned above, the series will feature well-known battles involving the
1st Marine Division, such as
Guadalcanal,
Cape Gloucester,
Peleliu, and
Okinawa, as well as Basilone's involvement in the
Battle of Iwo Jima.
Cast
References
- ^ More directors take 'Pacific' plunge - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety, Variety.com, February 1, 2008
- ^ a b Variety: "HBO greenlights Spielberg mini"
- ^ "Spielberg to film in Queensland" The West Australian, June 22, 2007; and "Spielberg war epic for Docklands", The Age, 26 April 2007.
- ^ Channel Seven lands Spielberg, News.com.au, 16 May 2007.
- ^ The Pacific, IMDB.com, February 1, 2008.
- ^ The Pacific Cast & Crew, PacificFans.com, February 1, 2008.
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