Masters of the Air (TV-reeks)

Masters of the Air (Afrikaans: Meesters van die Lug) is 'n 2024 Amerikaanse oorlogsdrama-minireeks geskep deur John Shiban en John Orloff vir Apple TV+ en is gebaseer op die 2007 boek deur Donald L. Miller met dieselfde naam. Dit handel oor die 100th Bomb Group, 'n swaar bomwerper-eenheid in die Amerikaanse Lugmag, toegerus met Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomwerpers, wat in die ooste van Engeland tydens die Tweede Wêreldoorlog opereer. Gevaarlike missies word uitgevoer om teikens binne Duits-besette Europa te vernietig. Die intensiteit van oorlog word uitgebeeld, sowel as die gevare wat die vlieëniers in die gesig staar, en die vriendskappe wat ontwikkel.

Die reeks bestaan uit nege episodes en gaan saam met die reekse Band of Brothers (2001) en The Pacific (2010). Dit is die eerste reeks wat deur Apple Studios in samewerking met Playtone en Amblin Television vervaardig word. Die sterre Austin Butler, Callum Turner en Anthony Boyle is deel van 'n ensemble-rolverdeling. 

Die primêre verfilming het in 2021 in Engeland begin, maar is by verskeie geleenthede vertraag weens die Covid-19-pandemie. Masters of the Air het op 26 Januarie 2024 begin. Die reeks het 'n positiewe ontvangs gekry.

Rolverdeling
Hoofrolle

 Austin Butler as maj. Gale "Buck" Cleven
 Callum Turner as maj. John "Bucky" Egan
 Anthony Boyle as lt. Harry Crosby
 Barry Keoghan as lt. Curtis Biddick
 Nikolai Kinski as kol. Harold Huglin
 Stephen Campbell Moore as maj. Marvin "Red" Bowman
 Sawyer Spielberg as lt. Roy Frank Claytor
 Isabel May as Marjorie "Marge" Spencer
 James Murray as kol. Neil "Chick" Harding
 Nate Mann as maj. Robert "Rosie" Rosenthal
 Kai Alexander as sers. William Quinn
 Laurie Davidson as lt. Herbert Nash
 Joanna Kulig as Paulina
 Louis Hofmann as lt. Ulrich Haussmann
 Jamie Parker as dr. Huston
 Bel Powley as Alessandra "Sandra" Wesgate
 Sam Hazeldine as kol. Albert Clark
 Josiah Cross as 2de lt. Richard D. Macon
 Branden Cook as 2de lt. Alexander Jefferson
 Ncuti Gatwa as 2de lt. Robert Daniels
 Jerry MacKinnon as kol. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
 Josh Dylan as lt. George Niethammer

Herhalend rolle

 Darragh Cowley as lt. Glenn Graham
 Matt Gavan as lt. Charles Cruikshank
 Jonas Moore as kapt. Frank Murphy

 Jordan Coulson as lt. Howard Hamilton
 Ben Radcliffe as kapt. John D. Brady
 David Shields as maj. Everett Blakely

 Edward Ashley as maj. Jack Kidd
 Raff Law as sers. Ken Lemmons
 Adam Long as kapt. Bernard DeMarco
 Elliot Warren as lt. James Douglass

 Samuel Jordan as sers. John J. "Winks" Herrmann

 Harry Ames as kapt. August H. Gaspar
 Bailey Brook as sers. Charles K. Bailey
 Louis Greatorex as kapt. Joseph "Bubbles" Payne
 John Hopkins as dr. Wendell "Smokey" Stover
 Nathen Solly as lt. John Hoerr

 Josh Bolt as lt. Winifred "Pappy" Lewis
 Ian Dunnett Jnr as lt. Ron Bailey
 Thomas Flynn as Barr
 James Frecheville as maj. Bill Veal
 Jonathan Halliwell as sers. William J. DeBlasio
 Dean John-Wilson as lt. Clifford Milburn
 Tom Joyner as kapt. "Stormy" Becker
 Riley Neldam as sers. Michael V. Boccuzzi
 Adam Silver as lt. David Solomon
 Ben Spong as maj. Ollie Turner
 Spike White as lt. Charles A. Via 

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