Peter Jackson's remake of The Dam Busters could become a Band of Brothers-like TV series

The Independent

The Lord of the Rings director has spent more than a decade developing a remake of the 1955 British epic World War II film about the 1943 British Dambusters Raid against the Nazis. Jackson's plan was to produce the film, while his Lord of the Rings collaborator Christian Rivers directs. But, says Rivers, “I’m still trying to convince Pete that we need to make The Dam Busters as a 10-part TV show. I think he wants to do that, but we’ll see.” Rivers adds: “There’s so much depth in the characters, each one could have their own story. And 10 episodes, people accept that format much more now thanks to somewhere like HBO, which did Band of Brothers and The Pacific.”