Upcoming WW2 films list

I just saw Fury however militaristicaly and historically way off the mark. The 2nd Armored "Captain" sends in 4 Sherman's against a column of 300 SS Soldiers with no FLAK cover instead of sending the USAF JABOS to strafe them and bomb them. In April 1945, the Luftwaffe didn't exist as a fighting unit.. He knows where they are coming from, why not send in a recon plane to pinpoint them first?

Again same situation, let's over dramatise the events to draw it out but forget about historical accuracy.

WarDaddy, orders the 4 Shermans to attack the front of a Tiger Tank, just sheer suicide and madness. The shells bounce off the front of the Tiger. Instead of falling back and calling in their AirForce to deal with one sole Tiger Tank. WarDaddy loses 3 tanks in his platoon in the process. Way to go leader!!! . The US and British had a range of ground attack aircraft (Typhoons, Tempests, Mustangs .P47 Thunderbolts etc ) referred to as JABOS. The Allies had air superiority since D-Day. No but Wardaddy decided to sacrifice his 4 Shermans to deal with one Tiger head on..

Wouldn't have happened. Let's not talk about the final scene which sounds like it come from the Movie 300 (in fact that is the number of SS Soldiers quoted in the movie) Farcical.

http://www.worldwar2history.info/Normandy/air-supremacy.html

http://www.worldwar2history.info/Normandy/air-supremacy.html

http://www.amazon.com/American-Fighter-Bombers-World-War-II/dp/0764318780

 

Actually, it was common to charge a Tiger to close the range where the M4's gun might have some affect. I suspect the M4's might have been spaced further apart, however.

 

Just watched the trailer for "Against the Sun," which might be based on "Three Men in a Raft." Looks like it might be pretty good. I was surprised to learn that one of the actors is the fellow who played Draco Malfoy.

http://youtu.be/8MYsgLqtEgk

 

Watched "Against The Sun" yesterday. It was a low budget movie, but I felt didn't suffer too much from that as the focus of the film was the survival of three guys in a rubber raft. I have a sneaking suspicion it was financed by the Church of Latter Day Saints or some such religious group. The religious aspects of it (faith, forgiveness) was a little heavy handed.

On the other hand people in the 1940s would have been a bit less circumspect with their religious beliefs (?) and three guys in that situation would have fallen back on prayer, if only to keep their spirits up.

For all of that, Angelina Jolie did it better last year in her movie.

 

Just thought I would put this out there for discussion. Upcoming in the next two years.

"USS INdianapolis: Mission of Courage" directed by Mario Van Peebles. Stars Nicholas Cage as Captain McVay. Not sure how big a release the studios are going to give this film. It may end up (ahem) sinking at thye box office.

"Anthropoid" directed by Sean Ellis. About the assassination of Heidrich in Czechoslovakia. Stars Cillian Murphy.

"Hacksaw Ridge" directed by Mel Gibson. True story of Desmond T. Doss, a medic during the battle of Okinawa who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. StarsAndrew Garfield.

"Erasure" directed by Rhys Hayward. Set in France in 1944. American soldiers caught behind enemy lines try to save save a young woman from the Germans and fight their way out.

"The Bombing" directed by Xiao Feng. Set in China, 1940.

"Son of Saul" directed by Lazlo Nemes. Auschwitz. A man saves a young boy from the fires. This film has received raves in Europe and will get a release in the US and Canada on dvd.

Christopher Nolan has announced that his next film, which he is presently writing) will be about Dunkirk. If anyone has the pull to make an epic about the evacuation of Dunkirk it is the box office champion of the past ten years. In addition to "Interstellar" and "Inception" he is the director of all three
previous "Batman" movies.

Other major directors who have pet WWII movies they want to make:

Guy Ritchie "The Battle Of Britain" (possibly as a television mini-series)

Peter Jackson and Stephen Frye "Dam Busters" (now that The "Hobbit" trilogy is behind him, Jackson may get through the pre-production while directing the second TinTin movie. He and Frye have been talking about a script collaboration for years and Frye had a major part in "The Hobbit". Hopefully they had time to get into it further. Plus they were surrounded by some wonderful British actors, all of whom would be great in the movie)

John Woo "Flying Tigers" (How much juice does Woo still have to get this done? If he can pull together a co-production deal with Hong Kong-US backing... you never know. It would depend on how passionate he is and if he can get a couple of major Hollywood stars to commit.

John Irvin "Monte Cassino" (though that project has been off the boards so long it probably won't happen.

Dale Dye "Citizen oldiers" and "No Better Place To Die".

Also we are still waiting for updates on the Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg "Masters Of The Air" miniseries for HBO. A follow up to "Band Of Brothers" and "The Pacific" about the Mighty Eighth bombing group. The conceptual phase seems to be taking forever. When you look at Hanks' slate of projects, he has some major things in productioin, including the epic Civil War series "At Appotomax".

 

"Son of Saul" just nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film.

 

"Elser" by the director of "Downfall" retells the story of how Georg Elser attempted to assassinate Hitler by planting a bomb in 1939. It was released last April in Germany but I have not seen it's release date in the US or Canada. The preview is very interesting.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1708135/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

The director of The Railway Man (Jonathan Teplitzki) is going into production on a movie about Winston Churchill. Brian Cox as Churchill and Stanley Tucci as Dwight Eisenhower for a 2016 or 2017 release. It is about the final 24 hours counting down to D-Day. Title: Churchill

 

"Another Mother's Son" is an upcoming British World War II drama film directed by Christopher Menaul and written by Jenny Lecoat. The film stars Jenny Seagrove, Julian Kostov, Ronan Keating, John Hannah, and Amanda Abbington. The film is based on the true story during World War II, about a woman named Louisa Gould (played by Seagrove), who takes in an escaped young Russian war prisoner (played by Kostov), hides him and protects him as his own child. Her brother was Harold Le Druillenec and sister was Ivy Forster.

Plot: Louisa Goul (Jenny Seagrove), a woman hides an escaped young Russian war prisoner (Julian Kostov), hides him and protects him during the World War II.

 

New film: In December 2015 "Persona Non Grata" (Sugihara Chiune) (杉原千畝 スギハラチウネ), a Japanese historical drama, had its premiere.

Plot: Chiune Sugihara (Toshiaki Karasawa) is a Japanese diplomat working in Lithuania. During the World War II, he attempts to save many Jews from Nazi Germany by issuing transit visas to Japan. The film depicts Sugihara's life from the period when he was a student in Waseda University.

I haven't watched this film yet so I cannot provide any comments on quality etc.

 

"USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage" is an upcoming American epic action-adventure war film directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by Cam Cannon and Richard Rionda Del Castro. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter, Brian Presley, and Cody Walker. Principal photography began on June 19, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. The film is set for release on May 30, 2016.

This is a remake of the 1991 film "Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis".

 

The upcoming US-Australian war drama "Hacksaw Ridge" is said to have its premiere on the 4th of November this year. Some information on this teaser.

https://youtu.be/N9GlS0s3Ok8

 

No it is not. No more so than Pearl Harbor is a remake of Tora!Tora!Tora! or Red Tails is a remake of The Tuskegee Airmen. Just two films made on the same historical subject matter. I loved Mission of the Shark but have much lower expectations when it comes to the bigger budgeted Men of Courage.

 

Brett Ratner is apparently doing a remake of the 1978 film "The Boys from Brazil".

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/brett-ratner-remaking-boys-brazil/

 

You do realize that was 10 years ago don't you?

Rush Hour 3 was released back in 2007, and Ratner has done about 14 films since then.

 

The article I was referring to was updated October 2015 and this, to me, is recently enough to be treated as relevant news. Furthermore, whether Ratner has made si or so many films during the pats year is irrelevant in the context of this thread. What is relevant though, is whether someone can confirm if the plan for a remake of "The Boys from Brazil" has been scrapped or is still on.

 

If posting news about an upcoming Korean war film is off topic, the moderators may delete the post.

Next mount, July 2016, the Korean film "Operation Chromite" will be released. It is a true war story blockbuster about General McArthur and the X-RAY spy mission involving eight other troops. Liam Neeson plays the role as Douglas MacArthur.

Operation Chromite took place 1950 in the Battle of Incheon.

 

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage trailer is out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSTC6nnbaRo

 

This is what I have noted with regards to upcoming WWI & WWI films and series. The list also includes the already released Indianapolis film.

[SIZE=14pt]UPCOMING WWI & WWII FILMS AND MINI-SERIES[/SIZE]

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) – Already Released!
Action - The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks. - Nicolas Cage, Matt Lanter, Thomas Jane.
Release date: 27th of May 2016 (USA)

Rendezvous with Destiny: Roosevelt and Churchill (2016) (Mini-series)
This miniseries will discloses the secret meetings between these two politicians during the important historic periods.
Release of series 1 is planned for end of 2016.

Anthropoid (2016) [UK, Czech Republic, and France Production]
Based on the true story, the film tells the story of the brave Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, who were trained by the British and airlifted into Prague in May of 1942 to assassinate ruthless SS leader Reinhard Heydrich, a.k.a. “The Hangman.” The story has been told on film several times before:

• In the four Czechoslovakian films “Muzi bez krídel” from 1946, “Atentát” from 1964, “The Key” (Klíc) from 1971, the “Lidice” from 2011, the Czechoslovakian-Soviet co-production “Sokolovo” from 1975, and “Operation Daybreak” from 1975, which is a co-production between USA, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, and that is perhaps the most known film about the event.
• In the three American films “Hitler's Madman” from 1943 and “Hangmen Also Die!”, also from 1943, and “Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil” from 1985.
• In the Czech Republic’s TV Series from 2013-2014 “Ceské století”, and the upcoming French film “HHhH” (see further down).

Release Date: 12th of August 2016 (USA).

The Bombing (2016) [Chinese Production in Mandarin]
The Bombing is a big-budget Chinese production expected to be released this year. Reportedly, its story centers on the bombing of the Chinese city of Chongquing during WWII and how one American serviceman [played by Bruce Willis in this movie] taught the Chinese to fight back.
Aside from Willis, another Hollywood big name in the works of this film is award-winning director and actor Mel Gibson.
Release Date: 30th of September 2016 (China).

Hacksaw Ridge (2016) [US and Australian Co-production]
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Release date: 4th of November 2016 (USA).

Railroad Tigers (2016)
A railroad worker (Jackie Chan) in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.
Release Date: October 2016 (China)

HHhH (2016)
HHhH is a French production directed by Cédric Jimenez, staring, among others, Rosamund Pike, Jack O'Connell, Mia Wasikowska.
1942: The Third Reich is at its peak. The Czech resistance in London decides to plan the most ambitious military operation of WWII: Anthropoid. Two young recruits in their late twenties, Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader - Reich-protector Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the SS, the Gestapo, and the architect of the "Final Solution".

All Quiet on the Western Front (2016) [Upcoming WWI Film]
One of the very best WWI films ever produced is the 1930 version of "All Quiet on the Western Front". There was also a TV-movie 1979, pretty good too but not like the classic one.
A remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front" is now in progress and is expected to be released sometime later this year.

Ghosts in a Shell (Ghost Army?) (2017)
Ghost in the Shell is an upcoming American film based on the Japanese manga of the same name. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Michael Pitt, Takeshi Kitano and Juliette Binoche. The film will be released on the 31st of March 2017 in 3D.
A squadron of recruits from art schools, ad agencies and other creative businesses are tasked with fooling the Nazis into thinking the U.S. has larger troop numbers than it actually does.

Pegasus Bridge (2017)
Operation Deadstick, capture and hold Pegasus Bridge, was part of the D-day landings in Normandie, Operation Overlord.

The film, Pegasus Bridge, is an all British Production, independently financed. The film covers not just the events at Pegasus Bridge, only two people were killed there from the Ox and Bucks, but also the fighting in Benouville and Le Port where 7 Para fought against the Panzer Grenadiers of the 21st Panzer Division, 38 people were killed there on June 6th. A number of scenes cover this in the film. You can also expect to see all the key scenes from the bridge as well including Wagger Thornton's PIAT attack on the Marder III (Not a Panzer IV as originally thought) and the attack on the French converted gunboat that came up from the port, The attack on the bridge by the Fokker Wolf 190 will also be in the film. The film will cover some of the training scenes but most of the screen time is dedicated to the events on June 6th at the bridge and the fighting in Benouville and Le Port. The film does not cover the fighting in Ranville or Merville (Impossible to do justice to these events in the limited window of two hours twenty minutes) It does however mention them and the second bridge, plus Glider 94.

Dunkirk (2017)
Set to premiere on 21st of July 2017, Dunkirk is based on the legendary Operation Dynamo that saved over 330,000 British, French and Belgian troops who were encircled by the German army which was sweeping through France.
Christopher Nolan will direct Dunkirk based on a screenplay he wrote and he will produce it with Emma Thomas, his wife and longtime producing partner, Variety reports. The film will be shot starting this May using a combination of IMAX 65mm and 65mm large format for “maximum image quality and high-impact immersion.”

Darkest Hour (2017)
Winston Churchill leads a charge against Hitler's army in the early days of World War II.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Anthony McCarten (screenplay)
Star: Gary Oldman

The Mighty Eighth (201x) [HBO Mini-series]
No new information is available for this mini-series. Shootings have been done during 2016 somewhere in the Southern states of USA.

Harlem Hellfighters (201x) [Upcoming WWI film]
Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) is about the African-American unit of WWI who fought bravely during the Great War but returned home to censure and segregation because of their color. The movie, reported to be under development with Will Smith’s company, is based on the graphic novel by World War Z author Mel Brooks.

Panzer 88 (201x)
The film would follow a five-man German crew of the Ilsa - the biggest tank of its day - on the Eastern Front during the latter days of WWII as a supernatural entity gives them grief.
Director: Peter Briggs
Art director: Kim Sinclair
Producers: Peter Briggs, Gary Kurtz
Genres: Action Film, Thriller, Fantasy

 

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage has been pushed back. Possibly for a mid-to-late summer or possibly Veteran's Day release date. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet.