In 2001, Tom Hanks provided the pioneering war series Band of Brothers on its feet, which followed in 2010’s The Pacific. After the two mini-series focused on World War II on European soil and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, the third series, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, will now take a closer look at the combat in the air: Masters of the Air coming this year. In the following we inform you about the most important things:
What is the Masters of the Air war series about?
22 years after Band of Brothers, the spiritual sequel Masters of the Air takes to the skies in the 1940s and adapts the non-fiction book of the same name* by Donald L. Miller. 8 kilometers above the earth, the “Flying Fortress” (Flying Fortress) behind German enemy lines. 11 men sit in the bomber.
They are part of the 8th Air Force’s 100th Bombardier Group and, as brothers in arms, want to prove their courage by fighting Air battles with German fighter planes delivery. But losses and setbacks increasingly turn the desired triumph into a struggle for survival.
A full trailer has not yet been released, but the first glimpses have already been made in a short promo video from AppleTV+:
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When does the Masters of the Air series start?
The Masters of the Air war series will be released at AppleTV+ to be seen and should 9 episodes include. As is usual with the streaming service, these are expected to be published weekly. A specific start date has not yet been announced, but the publication is for end of 2023 scheduled.
Cast & Crew: Who is involved in Masters of the Air?
Several famous names are involved in the Masters of the Air project. As with Band of Brothers and The Pacific have again Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who together discovered their shared interest in war films on Saving Private Ryan, as guiding executive producers got their hands on it. The two had already initiated the project in 2012. In 2019 the series switched from HBO to AppleTV+ and finally made progress.
The aviator war series hired as director for the first 4 episodes Director Cary Joji Fukunaga (James Bond: No Time To Die) on board. Additional episodes will be directed by duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Captain Marvel) and Dee Rees (Mudbound). wrote the screenplay John Orloff (Band of Brothers) along with template author Donald L. Miller.
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Master of the Air with Austin Butler
The cast of the war series Masters of the Air
The cast of Masters of the Air includes over 100 named actors. Some of the most exciting and well-known cast members are as follows:
Budget & Filming: The scale and innovation of the Masters of the Air war series explained
What makes Masters of the Air so sensational beyond the Hollywood greats involved is not least the miniseries’ enormous budget, the 250 to 300 million dollars should include . (By comparison, Game of Thrones’ expensive 6th season cost $100 million.)
For example, this money already flowed into the temporary one a year before the start of shooting Erection of authentic barracks from the Second World War in England, which had to be laboriously approved. Filming took place mostly in the UK. In the course of the corona pandemic, Masters of the Air had to take a short break from shooting in July 2022 due to positive tests.
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Masters of the Air: Flight Scene
Also, the series used Masters of the Air innovative virtual cockpit sets by Lux Machina to realistically recreate flight scenes on location. This should allow the audience to experience the flight maneuvers and air combat up close.
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