Pacific Theater Band of Brothers Sequel on the Way

My favorite war thing of all time, Band of Brothers, is about to get a companion mini-series according to Variety.

“The Pacific” follows the stories of the two authors, as well as that of fellow Marine John Basilone, as they the fight against Japan across the entire Asian theater.

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But despite the similarities between “The Pacific” and “Brothers,” HBO Films topper Colin Callender noted that the new project will dramatize how the Asian war “profoundly differed from the European front. This was a different sort of war fighting a different sort of enemy.”

This had been in talks for a long time, but it looks like Spielberg and Hanks finally got it together. The series may air as soon as 2009.

HBO greenlights Spielberg mini [Variety]