You think you know… but you have no idea. That might be the memorable tagline of MTV’s 2000s-era docuseries “Diary,” but it applies to Apple TV+’s newest program, too.
The seven-episode ”Manhunt” tells the incredible story of the search for John Wilkes Booth (portrayed by Irish actor Anthony Boyle) in the aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln (Hamish Linklater). The limited series, of which the first two episodes are now streaming, is adapted from James L. Swanson’s book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” and while it’s a historical drama, it’s anything but dry. Described by Apple as a conspiracy thriller about one of America’s best known but least understood crimes, the show also has a perfectly deployed sense of humor, making it more than meets the eye.
Emmy Award winner Tobias Menzies anchors the series as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton,...
The seven-episode ”Manhunt” tells the incredible story of the search for John Wilkes Booth (portrayed by Irish actor Anthony Boyle) in the aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln (Hamish Linklater). The limited series, of which the first two episodes are now streaming, is adapted from James L. Swanson’s book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” and while it’s a historical drama, it’s anything but dry. Described by Apple as a conspiracy thriller about one of America’s best known but least understood crimes, the show also has a perfectly deployed sense of humor, making it more than meets the eye.
Emmy Award winner Tobias Menzies anchors the series as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton,...
- 3/16/2024
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
“The Bloody Hundredth” is a new hour-long documentary feature, directed by Mark Herzog and Laurent Bouzereau, that serves as a companion piece to “Masters of the Air”, following the story of the real-life heroes of the ‘100th Bomb Group’, during WW II, streaming March 15, 2024 on AppleTV+:
The hour-long documentary spotlights the true stories of the characters and real-life airmen featured in “Masters of the Air” including John Egan, Gale Cleven, Harry Crosby, Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, Frank Murphy, Alexander Jefferson, Richard Macon, as well as veterans John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, Robert Wolf, and a whole lot more..
“…from the shock of Pearl Harbor to the joy of ‘Ve Day’, ‘The Blood Hundredth’ is a record of what was endured and achieved by a group of young Americans when their country and the world needed them most…”
“Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy...
The hour-long documentary spotlights the true stories of the characters and real-life airmen featured in “Masters of the Air” including John Egan, Gale Cleven, Harry Crosby, Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, Frank Murphy, Alexander Jefferson, Richard Macon, as well as veterans John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, Robert Wolf, and a whole lot more..
“…from the shock of Pearl Harbor to the joy of ‘Ve Day’, ‘The Blood Hundredth’ is a record of what was endured and achieved by a group of young Americans when their country and the world needed them most…”
“Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy...
- 2/28/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"The people we served with sacrificed everything. They called us The Bloody Hundredth." Apple TV has revealed a short trailer for a documentary companion titled The Bloody Hundredth, out for streaming on Apple TV+ in March. This doc film is a behind-the-scenes look at the actual people and actual airmen who flew in the 100th Bomb Group during World War II. It's a companion piece to Apple TV's fantastic series Masters of the Air, which is playing now on Apple TV+ worldwide for everyone to watch. "They sacrificed everything. Watch The Bloody Hundredth and get an in-depth look at the real stories of the brave Airmen that inspired Masters of the Air." This doc introduces us to the real people who are portrayed by actors in the series – including John Egan (played by Callum Turner), Gale Cleven (played by Austin Butler), Harry Crosby (played by Anthony Boyle), Robert "Rosie" Rosenthal...
- 2/28/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Apple TV+ this morning announced the scheduling of, and dropped the trailer for, “The Bloody Hundredth,” a new World War II documentary narrated by Tom Hanks that serves as a companion doc to Apple’s nine-part limited series “Masters of the Air” – honoring the real-life heroes of the famed 100th Bomb Group. It premieres globally over the streamer on March 15, the same day the “Masters” series finale gets rolled out. Watch the official trailer above.
Produced by Playtone-Amblin, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman and Hanks and directed by Mark Herzog and longtime Spielberg collaborator Laurent Bouzereau, the documentary spotlights the true stories of several characters and real-life airmen featured in the series including John Egan (played by Callum Turner), Gale Cleven (portrayed by Austin Butler), Harry Crosby (played by Anthony Boyle), Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal (played by Nate Mann), Frank Murphy (played by Jonas Moore), Alexander Jefferson (played by...
Produced by Playtone-Amblin, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman and Hanks and directed by Mark Herzog and longtime Spielberg collaborator Laurent Bouzereau, the documentary spotlights the true stories of several characters and real-life airmen featured in the series including John Egan (played by Callum Turner), Gale Cleven (portrayed by Austin Butler), Harry Crosby (played by Anthony Boyle), Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal (played by Nate Mann), Frank Murphy (played by Jonas Moore), Alexander Jefferson (played by...
- 2/28/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
In the wake of the debut of Masters of the Air, Apple TV+ will stream The Bloody Hundredth, a new documentary honoring the real-life heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
Produced by Playtone-Amblin and narrated by Tom Hanks, The Bloody Hundredth will premiere globally on Friday, March 15 – around the time of the Masters of the Air series finale.
It’s executive produced by Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman.
Directed by Mark Herzog and long-time Spielberg collaborator Laurent Bouzereau, the hour-long doc spotlights the true stories of several characters and real-life airmen featured in Masters of the Air including John Egan (played by Callum Turner), Gale Cleven (played by Austin Butler), Harry Crosby (played by Anthony Boyle), Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal (played by Nate Mann), Frank Murphy (played by Jonas Moore), Alexander Jefferson (played by Brandon Cook), Richard Macon (played by Josiah Cross), as well as veterans John “Lucky” Luckadoo, Robert Wolf,...
Produced by Playtone-Amblin and narrated by Tom Hanks, The Bloody Hundredth will premiere globally on Friday, March 15 – around the time of the Masters of the Air series finale.
It’s executive produced by Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman.
Directed by Mark Herzog and long-time Spielberg collaborator Laurent Bouzereau, the hour-long doc spotlights the true stories of several characters and real-life airmen featured in Masters of the Air including John Egan (played by Callum Turner), Gale Cleven (played by Austin Butler), Harry Crosby (played by Anthony Boyle), Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal (played by Nate Mann), Frank Murphy (played by Jonas Moore), Alexander Jefferson (played by Brandon Cook), Richard Macon (played by Josiah Cross), as well as veterans John “Lucky” Luckadoo, Robert Wolf,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The World War II drama series "Masters of the Air," created by John Shiban and John Orloff and currently airing on AppleTV+, takes place in 1943 and follows Usaaf majors as they are transferred to England to aid the Allied war effort. Austin Butler plays Major Gale Cleven and Callum Turner plays Major John Egan, both real-life Usaaf pilots, and the series is based on the biographical book "Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany," written by Donald L. Miller.
"Masters of the Air" was also co-produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who previously oversaw the WWII drama shows "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" after collaborating on the 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan." These two men love harrowing tales of soldiers and seem hellbent on recreating the 1940s soldiers' experience on film as accurately as possible. Hanks also wrote and starred in the WWII thriller "Greyhound,...
"Masters of the Air" was also co-produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who previously oversaw the WWII drama shows "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" after collaborating on the 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan." These two men love harrowing tales of soldiers and seem hellbent on recreating the 1940s soldiers' experience on film as accurately as possible. Hanks also wrote and starred in the WWII thriller "Greyhound,...
- 2/3/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for Masters of the Air episode 3.
One needn’t be a World War II expert to understand that the global conflict was a violent one. Even a cursory glance at casualty statistics on Wikipedia reveals some eye-popping numbers: 61 million total (military and civilian) lives lost for the Allies, 120 million gone for the Axis, and countless more affected in ways we could never begin imagine. All in all, roughly 3% of the world’s 1940 population is believed to have perished during the war.
In telling the story of the United States’ involvement in World War II via miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific, producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman successfully captured the dread, doom, and death that pervaded the time period. With the most recent episode of their third effort Masters of the Air, however, they’ve truly outdone themselves.
Masters of the Air episode...
One needn’t be a World War II expert to understand that the global conflict was a violent one. Even a cursory glance at casualty statistics on Wikipedia reveals some eye-popping numbers: 61 million total (military and civilian) lives lost for the Allies, 120 million gone for the Axis, and countless more affected in ways we could never begin imagine. All in all, roughly 3% of the world’s 1940 population is believed to have perished during the war.
In telling the story of the United States’ involvement in World War II via miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific, producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman successfully captured the dread, doom, and death that pervaded the time period. With the most recent episode of their third effort Masters of the Air, however, they’ve truly outdone themselves.
Masters of the Air episode...
- 2/2/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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Quick Answer: Masters of the Air is an Apple Original and can only be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription. The new series airs every Friday, starting Jan. 26
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The sound of victory is great in theory, but what does it cost to get there? In the new Apple Original series, Masters of the Air follows Major Gale Cleven (played by Austin Butler...
Quick Answer: Masters of the Air is an Apple Original and can only be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription. The new series airs every Friday, starting Jan. 26
Watch 'Masters of the Air'
The sound of victory is great in theory, but what does it cost to get there? In the new Apple Original series, Masters of the Air follows Major Gale Cleven (played by Austin Butler...
- 1/31/2024
- by Kyle Lamar Rice
- Rollingstone.com
Apple TV’s new World War II epic Masters of the Air has faced a very steep climb to take flight, creatively speaking.
First, it had to live up to the legacy of its extraordinary predecessor, HBO’s 2001 limited series Band of Brothers, which some consider to be their all-time favorite war “movie.” BoB‘s successor, 2010’s The Pacific, showed, if anything, what a high bar the original set. And then there are the challenges of pulling off an air-war epic — it’s inherently tougher (for reasons we’ll get into), and potentially far more expensive (all those special effects shots), than infantry stories. Perhaps that’s why it’s taken more than a decade for Masters of the Air — which is based on Donald L. Miller’s book — to make the journey from concept to screen.
Masters of the Air executive producer Gary Goetzman is a co-founder of executive...
First, it had to live up to the legacy of its extraordinary predecessor, HBO’s 2001 limited series Band of Brothers, which some consider to be their all-time favorite war “movie.” BoB‘s successor, 2010’s The Pacific, showed, if anything, what a high bar the original set. And then there are the challenges of pulling off an air-war epic — it’s inherently tougher (for reasons we’ll get into), and potentially far more expensive (all those special effects shots), than infantry stories. Perhaps that’s why it’s taken more than a decade for Masters of the Air — which is based on Donald L. Miller’s book — to make the journey from concept to screen.
Masters of the Air executive producer Gary Goetzman is a co-founder of executive...
- 1/29/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Apple TV+ series “Masters of the Air” is the third collaboration from the team behind HBO’s “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” Trio Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Steven Spielberg produced the nine-part World War II epic series, which spotlights the men who fought in the 8th Air Force, specifically the men of the 100th Bomb Group. The vivid and vital story finds roots in the book of the same name by Donald L. Miller.
The crew of a typical Eighth Air Force heavy bomber plane included ten men — a pilot and his co-pilot flying the B17, the navigator and the bombardier in the machine’s nose, the flight engineer behind the pilot, the radio operator, two waist gunners, a ball turret gunner and a tail gunner. Not to mention the men who strategized from the bases, the plane engineers and Tuskegee airmen or Royal Airforce pilots who feature in this story.
The crew of a typical Eighth Air Force heavy bomber plane included ten men — a pilot and his co-pilot flying the B17, the navigator and the bombardier in the machine’s nose, the flight engineer behind the pilot, the radio operator, two waist gunners, a ball turret gunner and a tail gunner. Not to mention the men who strategized from the bases, the plane engineers and Tuskegee airmen or Royal Airforce pilots who feature in this story.
- 1/26/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Band of Brothers and The Pacific were much loved when they came out, and the new series Masters of the Air is made with the same fabric and is promising to be another riveting show revolving around the hardships of war. This time, the focus is on the American bomber planes that went to Europe to fight against Nazi Germany. The series picks some templates right up from Band of Brothers, where the bond between Maj. Nixon and Maj. Winters was the bedrock of the series. The two seemed to have been replaced by Maj. Gale ‘Buck’ Cleven and Maj. John ‘Bucky’ Egan. Masters of the Air gives us a harrowing look at what the bomber planes had to do and what challenges lay ahead of the officers, who put their lives on the line every time the bomber planes took flight.
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Buck And Bucky Team Up Together?...
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Buck And Bucky Team Up Together?...
- 1/26/2024
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
Masters of the Air, created by John Orloff, is one of those series that relies not only on the filmmaking but also on the theme around which it revolves. World War II movies are a genre in themselves, and there have been miniseries like Band of Brothers that are etched in people’s memories as one of the greatest shows ever made. Masters of the Air thus has some great help and some great competition as well, but overall, the series is expected to be an epic narrative about the 100th Bomber Squads, who put their lives on the line to carry out the mission to weaken Nazi Germany during World War 2. There are some heavy hitters in the series, and we expect some outstanding performances out of them all.
Austin Butler As Maj. Gale ‘buck’ Cleven
Austin Butler is one of those actors who just wowed us with performances...
Austin Butler As Maj. Gale ‘buck’ Cleven
Austin Butler is one of those actors who just wowed us with performances...
- 1/26/2024
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
In one episode of the new World War II epic Masters of the Air, a character collapses from exhaustion and sleeps through the events of D-Day, which were so memorably dramatized in Saving Private Ryan. In another, we realize that several characters are being held in the same Pow camp that was the subject of the classic Sixties film The Great Escape, and that our heroes had no idea the escape was happening until well after the fact.
That iconic parts of two famous WWII movies happen between scenes of...
That iconic parts of two famous WWII movies happen between scenes of...
- 1/24/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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