Tim Van Patten, one of the original directors for HBO’s “Rome” series, has signed on to direct the first episode of “Pacific.” Van Patten’s relationship with HBO has included directing episodes of “Deadwood,” “Sex and the City,” “The Wire” and “The Sopranos.” He also helmed a seg of Spielberg’s TNT mini “Into the West,” as well as episodes of “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Ed.”
According to Capt. Dale Dye, the military advistor for “Pacific”, the first sequences filmed will be the Marine landings of Guadalcanal and Peleliu. The Captain made an interesting observation about how the beaches of Mossman and Port Douglas (Australia) have an “amazing similarity to the photos we’ve seen of the [real] beaches back during the war. More »
Dale Dye, technical advisor and actor for films like Saving Private Ryan and The Great Raid, has started work on a blog that will keep us updated on the military production requirements for “Pacific”. You can visit his blog here.
Carl Franklin, a director for HBO’s “Rome” television series, has joined HBO again and will helm segments of “Pacific” this Fall. Franklin currently is working on “The Maintenance Man” a comedy-drama to be released early next year. More information can be found here.
Three more actors have been casted for HBO’s “Pacific” television event. They are Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes, and Rami Malek. They join previously cast James Badge Dale, Val Lauren and Joe Mazzello in the 10-hour companion piece to Hanks and Spielberg’s Emmy-winning 2001 saga “Band of Brothers.”
Welcome to the “Pacific” fan blog! We’ll keep you updated on HBO’s new multi million dollar World War II television epic slated to release in 2009. If you loved Band of Brothers, you’ll be glad to know that the same filmmakers (Spielberg and Hanks) have decided to bring the Pacific version to the television screen. Stay tuned to this website as we bring you all the information about the series.