This became the most expensive TV series ever after it’s original $100 million budget rose to around $200 million! The entire series was filmed in and around Australia and is based on the memoirs of Rob Leckie’s ‘Helmet for my Pillow’, Eugene Sledge’s ‘With the Old Breed: At Peleieu and Okinawa’ and Chuck Tatum’s ‘Red Blood, Black Sand’. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are again involved in the series, both being Executive Producers and Hanks also being the narrator at the beginning of episodes. Read More »
Review by Ramsell Reviews.
