The official website for The Pacific over at HBO.com has posted a short clip taken directly from the miniseries. The clip shows an action sequence from Iwo Jima. Watch it and let us know what you thought about it by posting in our forum!
Steven Spielberg, Executive Producer of The Pacific, was recently interviewed and discussed the mini-series with film blog website, The Collider.com. When asked about how long it took him to help get Pacific developed, he said the following:
“I would say years. Longer than I actually remember. It was inevitable that we would do The Pacific with HBO because there was such an overwhelming response, not only from the general public that got very involved in Band of Brothers, but we got so much positive mail. At the same time, that mail said, “I was a veteran of the Solomons.” “I fought on Tarawa.” “I was at Midway.” We got so many letters of veterans from the Pacific Theater of Operations, asking us if we could acquit their stories the way we acquitted the stories of the European Theater of Operations.”
Futhermore, when asked about any future plans to develop WWII films, he hinted:
“There are many more stories to tell, and we’re going to tell them.”
What will these films be? Midway? 8th Air Force? German/Russian Theater of War?
The highly anticipated soundtrack to The Pacific will be available for purchase on March 9, 2010 and you can pre-order it here.
The score was composed by Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli, and Blake Neely. The soundtrack includes the following tracks:
1. Honor [Main Title Theme From 'The Pacific']
2. With The Old Breed [End Title Theme From 'The Pacific']
3. You Have No Idea
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Just a reminder in case you haven’t noticed, we have a very active messageboard full of a diverse range of fans (historians, filmmakers, authors, students, etc) that are counting down the days until the release of Pacific on March 14, 2010. Come on over and say Hi! You can access the forum here. You don’t need to register to read the posts, but if you want to post messages, you need to sign up here.
What made Band of Brothers so effective in putting the viewer right into the heart of the story was the use of short interview segments with war veterans right before Band aired on TV. The Pacific will follow this same powerful intro sequence to each of the 10 episodes starting in March 14, 2010. However, one of the main characters in the film, E.B. Sledge (whom penned his memoirs in his book With the Old Breed of which Pacific is partly based and played by actor Joseph Mazzello) passed away in March 2001, shortly before the airing of Band of Brothers–and way before Spielberg and HBO were able to get him on camera (Pacific was not even a script yet!). More »
From the StreetInsider.com:
Starting today, Comcast Digital Cable customers will have access to the first look at a selection of new features about The Pacific, including From Band of Brothers to The Pacific featuring Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg sharing their experiences creating Band of Brothers and how that epic miniseries led to the creation of The Pacific. In addition, as a lead-in to The Pacific, HBO On Demand will bring back Band of Brothers with a new episode premiering each week, and offer never-before-seen-on-TV companion content On Demand in the “Top Picks” folder.
A brand new teaser for Pacific has been shown on HBO. This new teaser shows an invasion sequence reminiscent of the intro to Saving Private Ryan with underwater scenes as the Marines are wading to the beach. Lots of intense distorted shots with all hell breaking loose. Thanks to member Matt314159 in our forums for giving us the link to the trailer which can be seen on Youtube. Go to our TRAILERS page to watch it!
Are you in the US Marines? The MarineCorpsTimes is reporting that in March, Marines can expect to see a free screening of Pacific at military bases nationwide.
If you have HBO, or are waiting to get it in March 2010 for the start of the Pacific Series, you may want to subscribe a month earlier as HBO will be running a 25 minute behind-the-scenes featurette starting February 15th at 8:30pm. All the showings will be in High Definition. If you miss it the first time, you can catch it again several times before March 2010. For more info on times and dates it will be showing, click here.
We’re only about 2 months away from the launch of The Pacific on HBO in the US market (a list of showtimes for other countries will be available shortly). The series will start with the first episode on Sunday, March 14 at 8pm CST through May 16. A new episode will be shown every Sunday, just like how it was done with Band of Brothers in 2001. However, HBO will be re-broadcasting Band of Brothers again starting Sunday, January 3 at 8pm CST and then lead up to The Pacific. More »
HBO has released the third trailer for Pacific and you can find it on our trailers page. Let us know what you thought of it by posting in our forum!
A new cut of the Pacific trailer is available for viewing on our website. However, this is a more mature edition of the trailer. You can view it here: http://www.pacificfans.com/trailer-videos . Post your comments in our forum and let us know what you thought!
HBO has released over 30 new photos taken from the series. You can view them on their website.
HBO has released the first official behind-the-scenes featurette. As we get closer to the end of the year 2009, we’ll be seeing more and more content. Watch the video and let us know what you think by posting in our forums!
Jon Seda, the actor playing Marine Sgt. John Basilone, attended the 28th annual John Basilone Memorial Parade on Sunday (Sept. 27) in Raritan Borough, New Jersey. Seda, a New Jersey native who spent a year filming his role as Basilone in “The Pacific,” said being in Sunday’s parade was like coming full circle in his recreation of the war hero’s life. Read the entire article here.