Cary Joji Fukunaga to Direct Episodes of Steven Spielberg's WWII Series MASTERS OF THE AIR
No Time To Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga is set to direct the first three episodes of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ upcoming World War II series Masters of the Air. This is Fukunaga’s first project since working on the James Bond film.
Masters of the Air serves as a followup series to Band of Brothers and The Pacific. The ten episode series will be an adaptation of the Donald L. Miller book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany.
The series is said to tell “the true, deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep.” It’s a story that I’m very much looking forward to seeing brought to life.
According to the report, the series will cost $200 million to produce. Shooting is expected to begin in March in London.
Fukunaga is a great storyteller, and I loved what he did with the True Detective series. He also developed the Netflix series Maniac with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. I’m sure that he’ll do some great things with Masters of the Sky.