The trailer for “Masters of Air” is here.
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ much-delayed Apple TV+ series “Master of the Air” will debut its the first two episodes on January 26th, followed by weekly installments until March 15.
The upcoming limited series, said to be a sequel to Spielberg’s “Band of Brothers,” is based on the actions of the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
It is currently listed as having nine episodes — Cary Fukunaga directed four, Dee Rees two, Biden/Fleck two and Tim Van Patten one. The cast for this one includes Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann and Raff Law.
In February 2021, it was reported that production had begun in the UK. Filming paused briefly in July due to positive COVID-19 tests. It all wrapped in the fall of that year. The budget was said to be a whopping $300 million.
So, it’s been two years since shooting ended, and there have clearly been delays. Maybe some of them had to do with all of the allegations that came out against Fukunaga, starting in October of 2021.
“Masters of the Air” was originally supposed to be an HBO project, in development since 2013, but Apple acquired the series in 2019.