Genre: Mini-series
Episodes : 10
Duration: 1 hour/episode
Producer: DreamWorks/Playtone
Recommended Index: ★★★★★ Companion
to "Band of Brothers" "Wind and Rain" "The Pacific" is currently being filmed intensely. Judging from the released pictures, this is definitely a beautiful masterpiece worthy of our expectation. The series is the same as "Band of Brothers", and it is planned to shoot 10 episodes, each one hour long. This time, it's still co-produced by Spielberg (DreamWorks) and Tom Hanks (Play Stone). The series shows the entire Pacific battlefield from the perspective of three Marines, Leckie, Sledge and Basilone. Both Leckie and Sledge's experiences were written in their respective published autobiographies, and Basron's story was interviewed by the late historian Ambrose and compiled by his son Hugh Ambrose. The opening scene of the TV series is the most brutal battle of Guadalcanal in World War II, and the ending is VJ Day, which features the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa as the highlight. The main scenes of the series will be filmed in Australia, where nearly 300 actors are recruited.
At present, "The Pacific Ocean" has a total of five directors in the director lineup, including one of the directors of "Band of Brothers" Tony Toi and "Glory of Rome" director Tim Van Patton. Allegedly, Tim Van Patton and Karl Franklin were the first two directors to be identified, and they are considered to be two of the best directors in American television production. In particular, "Glory of Rome" director Tim Van Patton was considered the best director for this "Band of Brothers" companion piece because he was good at navigating grand war scenes. The lead writer for the series is Bruce McKenna, who is also the lead writer on Band of Brothers.
The budget for the series was about $120 million (a big saving from the original estimate of $150 million), and averaged $12 million per episode — enough money per episode to make a low-budget movie. The previous 10 episodes of "Band of Brothers" also cost $125 million, but the naval battle scene is obviously bigger, more complicated, and harder to shoot.
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