Updates on "The Pacific"

[bzygo]

Here's a link with an update on the HBO series "The Pacific"

http://www.darkhorizons.com:80/news07/070814k.php

[britman71]

Thanks for the update. Good to know where they are at.

[Ronald]

looking forward to that. don't know if spielberg will be a lot at the set because of his new blockbuster movie, Indiana Jones and the ........ movie he's making at this moment.

[klbshooter]

Looks very interesting . Will be watching for it .
Shooter

CURRAHEE

[doc.]

hey brian thanks for the update.

here is a pretty well done "fansite" of The Pacific

http://www.pacificfans.com/


and here is the imdb page

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374463/

[Linda]

Article about the new series, showing a first photo!



Link to article:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 62,00.html

[David]

I didn't realize that it wasn't going to be shown until 2009! Thats a long time to wait...<taps foot impatiently>

[ambulnick]

Very cool photo!

Can't wait till it comes out now!

[Ronald]

2009? that's gonna take ages.

[ambulnick]

Remember the saying though folks,

"Good things come to those who wait..."

[Lieutenant Dan]

Awesome...this is gonna be great. Looks like it will be a lot more gritty and grim due to the subject matter. Island fighting in the Pacific was on a different level than the European Campaign.

[Linda]

Some interesting reading about the closing of Melbourne's busiest intersection for an entire weekend in February during the filming of The Pacific

Spielberg and Hanks to stop Melbourne traffic

http://tinyurl.com/3bznpe

[tali]

thank you all for the links! it sounds very worth waiting for...
2009... i wish i was there already

[padraigmc]

Nice links ..looks like another winner!!!

with regards to the LVT ...Havent seen that much red lead since we got rid of our last Morris Minor!!

great to see it back on the go !

[Linda]

Finally some news again:

Spielberg, Hanks bring Hollywood to the You Yangs

Kerri-Ann Hobbs
09Nov07


ACTION: Actors were put through their paces at the You Yangs yesterday as they prepared to film the Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks mini-series The Pacific.
Photos: MIKE DUGDALE

HOLLYWOOD arrived at the You Yangs this week as scores of crew, cast and extras began filming the Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg epic The Pacific.

The Sandy Creek Rd sand quarry was transformed into an up-market camping ground and staging post for the $150 million mini-series, with dozens of hired trucks, cars, people movers, luxury buses and campervans jockeying for position with casting tents for Hollywood stars and extras.

United States Marine Corp drill sergeants began the task of transforming extras into soldiers, showing them the basics of military drill minus the yelling and abuse usually associated with that role.

Junior crew were not sure whether Hanks, considered one of the most bankable male stars, would take a more hands-on role during the Victorian leg of the shoot.

``He flew in and out in Port Douglas but I don't know if he will be coming here,'' a source said.

``It would be pure speculation on my part.''

The Pacific is a companion piece to the award-winning Band of Brothers and follows the journeys of three US marines fighting the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.

Part of the epic was shot in far North Queensland near Cairns, on a privately-owned beach-front property.

It is expected a crew of several hundred will be based in the region until about March.

It is believed the film-makers would also use 300 American and Japanese extras.

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/art ... _news.html