Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air limited series will premiere on January 26, 2024 with the release of the first two episodes. The release date announcement was accompanied by eight photos from the upcoming action drama from Band of Brothers‘ Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman.
The nine-episode limited series stars Academy Award-nominee Austin Butler (Elvis), Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann, Academy Award-nominee Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin), and Rafferty Law. The cast also includes Josiah Cross, Branden Cook, and Ncuti Gatwa.
“Masters of the Air is a salute to the brave men of the 8th Air Force, who, through their courage and brotherhood, helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II,” said executive producer Gary Goetzman. “Tom and Steven have always wanted to visualize cinematically what our author Don Miller has called, this ‘singular event in the history of warfare.’ We’re thrilled that Apple TV+ has given us the opportunity to combine the efforts of so many talented people, on-screen and behind the camera, to tell this important story.”
John Orloff adapted Donald L. Miller’s book and serves as a co-executive producer. Amblin Television’s Steven Spielberg and Playtone’s Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman executive produce.
Apple TV+ released this description of the limited series:
“Masters of the Air follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the ‘Bloody Hundredth’) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen, and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horror of Hitler’s Third Reich, is at the heart of Masters of the Air. Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. Regardless of individual fate, a toll was exacted on them all.
Ranging in location from the bucolic fields and villages of southeast England, to the harsh deprivations of a German Prisoner of War Camp, and depicting a unique and crucial time in world history, Masters of the Air is enormous in both scale and scope, and a genuine cinematic achievement.”
