JDK Posted July 3, 2014 Share #101 Posted July 3, 2014 I am pretty confident they will do a good job considering their track record. I personally wouldn't want anyone else to do it. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Detective Posted October 23, 2014 Share #102 Posted October 23, 2014 Here is a teaser clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted October 23, 2014 Share #103 Posted October 23, 2014 I believe this was from another project from a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Detective Posted October 23, 2014 Share #104 Posted October 23, 2014 I believe this was from another project from a few years ago. Could be..I got it from this http://enigmasmovies.com/news/The-Mighty-Eighth-Teaser It says this..but you coud be right. "The series is made for HBO and Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman again will serve as executive producers via Hanks and Goetzman’s Playtone and Spielberg’s Amblin Television. These are the same people behind Band of Brothers and The Pacific and like these previous series, The MIghty Eighth ia based on the book by Donald L. Miller’s Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwell Posted November 5, 2014 Share #105 Posted November 5, 2014 Could be..I got it from this http://enigmasmovies.com/news/The-Mighty-Eighth-Teaser It says this..but you coud be right. "The series is made for HBO and Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman again will serve as executive producers via Hanks and Goetzman’s Playtone and Spielberg’s Amblin Television. These are the same people behind Band of Brothers and The Pacific and like these previous series, The MIghty Eighth ia based on the book by Donald L. Miller’s Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany". Yeahh don't trust that video They haven't even started filming yet last I heard, I doubt they'd be far enough along to have a teaser come out. Plus the quality in that is god awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted November 6, 2014 Share #106 Posted November 6, 2014 That clip is from a completely different project. Someone added wrong information to it. As mentioned, Masters of the Air is just now getting legs. I'm sure we will get far superior scenes than the above clip. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted November 6, 2014 Share #107 Posted November 6, 2014 I made the mistake myself before I had read Masters of the Air and got confused. I think that other clip is from a project called the "Mighty Eighth" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken88 Posted November 9, 2014 Share #108 Posted November 9, 2014 Can't wait for it. Knowing it's the most expensive production in history, ever, I'm expecting something spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted November 11, 2014 Share #109 Posted November 11, 2014 Can't wait for it. Knowing it's the most expensive production in history, ever, I'm expecting something spectacular. You and me both!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #110 Posted November 17, 2014 I've read elsewhere that they have a $500 Million budget for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king802 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #111 Posted November 17, 2014 There's a very strong possibility that Bassingbourn will be used for filming. Home of the 91st Bomb Group. The Paris Island scenes from Full Metal Jacket were filmed there and most of the runway is still intact. Duxford is just down the road. Ideal ! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #112 Posted November 17, 2014 There's a very strong possibility that Bassingbourn will be used for filming. Home of the 91st Bomb Group. The Paris Island scenes from Full Metal Jacket were filmed there and most of the runway is still intact. Duxford is just down the road. Ideal ! Rich My understanding from being a life member of the 91st BG association is that the runways were used for liason aircraft for a while but no way a B-17 could land or take off there. Besides, it's a current MoD training site and has changed an awful lot since its days as an RAF field. It'd be far easier to use one of the other former unmodified RAF fields for this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king802 Posted November 18, 2014 Share #113 Posted November 18, 2014 My understanding from being a life member of the 91st BG association is that the runways were used for liason aircraft for a while but no way a B-17 could land or take off there. Besides, it's a current MoD training site and has changed an awful lot since its days as an RAF field. It'd be far easier to use one of the other former unmodified RAF fields for this... Bassingbourn was the Depot for the Queens Division and has shut in that role. I did some of my basic training there. It's actually up for disposal and had officially closed pending a decision with what to do with it. Libyans are training there at present but this is being stopped because of problems. The whole site will soon be empty. There's actually more of the original WW2 site left than people think. All the Hangers are still in place and relatively unchanged. Of course you can't land aircraft on the runway (that's why I mentioned Duxford) which is spitting distance. All the original H Blocks are intact and the original chapel. For general airfield scenes they could pretty much use the place. All the frying pans are still in place. I've run round the airfield many a horrible time carrying a telegraph pole and rifle and 45 pound of kit - lovely memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted November 18, 2014 Share #114 Posted November 18, 2014 I need to look it up, but I have photos around here somewhere taken at Bassingbourn of a B-17 formation flying over the place, coming back from a filming sortie for the "Memphis Belle" remake in the 80s. I can't imagine what that must have felt like, standing there when they came over the field! Of course you can't land aircraft on the runway... For general airfield scenes they could pretty much use the place. All the frying pans are still in place. Okay, if they can't land a plane there, what good is the runway or hardstands going to be for the production? There's not much appeal for an old airfield-no matter how authentic it still is-if you can't get an airplane on the ground to use the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king802 Posted November 18, 2014 Share #115 Posted November 18, 2014 I think you've kinda missed the point I was trying to make. We all know that filming will often take place at different locations. RAF Manston is rumoured to be the airfield of choice for flying scenes (which incidentally is no longer a RAF station and now a commercial airfield). It no longer resembles a WW2 Airfield at all. Bassingbourn on the other hand is considered the best preserved wartime airfield and its currently empty with plans to knock it down and build houses there. Several sites in England have been looked at. There is a big announcement due about Bassingbourn next year. Possible filming could throw the site a much needed lifeline - I for one would be very sad to see the old airfield become a housing estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted November 18, 2014 Share #116 Posted November 18, 2014 I for one would be very sad to see the old airfield become a housing estate. You and me, both. I was friends with a 91st BG co-pilot who's since passed away and we spent a lot of time talking about the place. I have a great deal of notes and on my 'bucket list' is to someday walk around the areas he told me about. It'd break my heart if that grand airfield survived intact for so long just to be bulldozed over now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwell Posted December 2, 2014 Share #117 Posted December 2, 2014 I certainly hope they don't demolish Bassingbourne. They have such a unique opportunity in a mostly preserved airfield that could have a lot of potential, it would be one hell of a waste. Maybe Duxford could go in on it or some such. I c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted May 7, 2015 Share #118 Posted May 7, 2015 Isn't it odd that there have been no real updates or mentions about this film? Doing a news search on Google, you find virtually no new info for over a year. You'd think there would be some teaser info out there....rumors....actors....sets....something....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted May 7, 2015 Share #119 Posted May 7, 2015 Hopefully that's a good sign... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted May 7, 2015 Share #120 Posted May 7, 2015 Doesn't anyone else remember the Pacific series not releasing a lot of news until production was well underway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleEnvelopment Posted May 9, 2015 Share #121 Posted May 9, 2015 I will be waiting anxiously, but really would prefer something for the USN in the Pacific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted May 22, 2015 Share #122 Posted May 22, 2015 If this general info has been posted before, I apologize. Threads this old and long get hard to remember! Saw this today. http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/masters-air-tribute-mighty-eighth Looks like the Bloody 100th will be the focus, and it will focus on real people, not composites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted May 23, 2015 Share #123 Posted May 23, 2015 I saw that as well. They have been doing interviews with various 100th vets just like the BoB series did with Easy co. 100th BG stuff is already pricey, but this may give it another boost. Really looking forward to the series!!! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted June 18, 2015 Share #124 Posted June 18, 2015 Small update: http://reelbrief.com/hbos-masters-of-the-air-wwii-mini-series-filming-in-england/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted June 18, 2015 Share #125 Posted June 18, 2015 I saw that as well. They have been doing interviews with various 100th vets just like the BoB series did with Easy co. 100th BG stuff is already pricey, but this may give it another boost. Really looking forward to the series!!! JD 100th BG makes good sense. Harry Crosby's book, and even the Joblonski chapter on the Bloody Hundredth in "Flying Fortress" gives a good guess as the pattern to follow. I'd bet the house that Robert Rosenthal is a central character, Crosby more than likely. The Two Bucky's. Egan and Clevan. Frank Valesh...the list goes on and on. Considering the main combat scene in 12 O'Clock High is based on Bernie Lay's ride in Picadilly Lilly with the 100th on the Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission, it would be an apporopriate way to cover the majority of the bomber war from England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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