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 »
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 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.
HBO has just released a brand new trailer for “The Pacific”! Many more never-before-seen shots can be viewed in this trailer. Click here to view it . We hope to have a better quality version available sometime soon.
Be sure to post your thoughts and comments in our forum. We’ll be talking about it in there, so come on over!
Update: THE TRAILER HAS BEEN REMOVED…and now it’s BACK!
Tom Hanks, the executive producer of ‘Pacific’, will show an exclusive preview of the series this October 12, 2009 at the Great Lakes Theatre Festival being held in Northern Ohio. Hanks is the honorary chairman at this year’s stage Festival and he will lend Hollywood star power by making a guest appearance there. For more information, read The Morning Journal. If you’re in the Ohio area and planning to attend, let us know! We’d love to have someone give us a report about the Festival, including the footage shown.
Jon Seda, the actor portraying John Basilone in the upcoming Pacific miniseries, will attend this year’s World War II festivities being held in Raritan Borough, New Jersey. HBO is sponsoring a portion of the festival which will include World War II-era music and a military parade. A film crew will be there to document the event for airing on HBO’s “The Buzz,” a short news piece that runs between programs, a HBO spokeswoman said. More information here.
Here are the first 4 photos that have been OFFICIALLY released by HBO. They show Joe Mazzello as Eugene B. Sledge, flame thrower in action, Jon Seda running under fire, and James Badge Dale and Jacob Pitts resting. To see the photos, go to our PHOTOS page.
A new version of the trailer has been released despite containing mostly the same scenes as the previous version. The difference is that the new trailer contains a different soundtrack. Could this be the actual music from the film’s soundtrack? You can view the latest trailer here.
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As we get ready for the launch of HBO’s upcoming ‘Pacific’ miniseries on March 2010, many of you have been asking for more information about the historical aspects of the show. I have a BOOKS page in the works, but in the meantime, I thought it would be a good idea to showcase some of the real photography taken during the Pacific War.
Did you know that more color footage was shot during the Pacific Theater of Operations than the European Theater? Below, you can view some photos taken during the War. More »
Recently, Dale Dye, the military technical advisor for The Pacific was interviewed by a film news website. In the interview, Dye talked briefly about Pacific and said the following:
HBO has released over 30 new photos taken from the series. You can 
HBO has just released a brand new trailer for “The Pacific”! Many more never-before-seen shots can be viewed in this trailer. 
