Austin Butler threw himself so totally into his Oscar-nominated efficiency as Elvis that his co-star Tom Hanks (who performed Elvis’ supervisor, Colonel Tom Parker) was involved about his psychological well being after the film – and supplied him his subsequent position to maintain him busy.
“You’ve got immersed your self so deeply in Elvis that, in your psychological well being, it could be sensible to go straight into one thing else,” Hanks reportedly advised Butler (through The Occasions). “In the event you simply soar off the practice, you may need emotional whiplash… And, you understand, I’ve bought this factor I’m producing.”
That “factor” is Masters of the Air, a brand new Second World Warfare drama sequence coming to Apple TV Plus. Made in collaboration with Hanks’ and Steven Spielberg’s manufacturing corporations, the restricted sequence is a sequel to the duo’s earlier small-screen choices: 2001’s Band of Brothers and 2010’s The Pacific. Every of the earlier sequence had giant ensemble casts, and Masters of the Air isn’t any completely different – Barry Keoghan, Callum Turner, and Fionn O’Shea are among the many actors becoming a member of Butler as members of the a centesimal Bombardment Group of the US Air Power.
Butler can also be set to star in sci-fi sequel Dune: Half Two, which is because of hit the massive display screen in November. He performs Feyd-Rautha, one of many sequel’s antagonists, in a efficiency that his co-star Stephen McKinley-Henderson described as “chilling.”
Masters of the Air does not have a launch date but, however the sequence is about to hit Apple TV Plus later this 12 months. For extra viewing inspiration, fill out your watch checklist with our picks of the opposite finest Apple TV Plus reveals.
