For those with a cursory understanding of the United States military’s structure, it seems as though only one major branch that fought in WWII is missing. Goetzman, Hanks, and Spielberg’s miniseries have spent time with the Army, the Marines Corps, and the Air Force. But what about the U.S. Navy? Is it possible that the filmmaking team has at least one more World War II effort in them covering the conflict from the seas? According to Goetzman the answer is more complicated than it first seems.
“It’s a funny thing. We did a teensy bit of Navy in The Pacific. But Tom [Hanks] has Greyhound. That’s probably our Navy annex over there with Tom writing that.”
Written and produced by Tom Hanks, 2020 film Greyhound was a big swing for Apple TV+, featuring a reported $50 million budget and garnering mostly positive reviews. Based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester, Greyhound tells the real life story of the Battle of the Atlantic, which was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II. Hanks stars as Ernie Krause, a U.S. Navy commander tasked with leading an escort destroyer group to defend 37 ships from German U-boats.
Not only can Greyhound now be safely considered a Brothers/Pacific/Masters-adjacent project, but apparently more could be on the way.
“Apple TV+ has been asking to do another adventure of [Greyhound],” Goetzman says. “We have the story of what it would be.”
With a conflict as monumental as World War II, the Band of Brothers team will have source material to continue making limited series indefinitely. But for now it sounds like they have all the major military branches covered.
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