Production of The Pacific, a 10-hour miniseries chronicling the US marines who fought in the Pacific during World War 2, will begin on August 13 in Australia as a co-production between HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks Television, and Australia's Seven Network. Shooting through mid-2008, the mini is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the creative team behind the Emmy-winning 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. The production is based at … [Read more...] about HBO Films’ The Pacific set to roll Down Under