Review Midway (2019)

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The story of the battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the soldiers who fought it.



 
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Roland Emmerich Confirmed For “Midway”

“Independence Day” and “2012” director Roland Emmerich is is officially set to helm “Midway,” the upcoming film about the famous battle in the Pacific theater during the Second World War.

Emmerich first announced plans to develop the project a year ago and now he’s officially moving forward with further details coming to light. “Colony” writer/producer Wes Tooke will pen the script.

The battle itself took place June 4th 1942, six months after Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy, over the course of the following several days, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. It is considered one of the most decisive blows in the history of naval warfare.

Yu Dong, Emmerich, Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon and Matt Jackson will produce.
 

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Lionsgate has set a November 8th 2019 release date for “Midway,” Roland Emmerich’s World War II epic which will open on a Monday to celebrate Veterans Day. Wes Tooke wrote this take on the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific Theater, with the action following real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.

Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Ed Skrein, Aaron Eckhart, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, Nick Jonas, Luke Kleintank, Keean Johnson, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano, and Jun Kunimura star in the film which is currently in production. That release date has it opening a week after “Wonder Woman 1984” and on the same day as the next James Bond film.
 

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Though he’s tackled alien invasions, several end of the world scenarios, and period warfare, filmmaker Roland Emmerich has never really done a WW1 or WW2 film before. Now he brings his skill for action set pieces to one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War – the Battle of Midway which took place six months after Pearl Harbor. The attack inflicted devastating damage on the invading Japanese fleet, damage that proved irreparable and has been dubbed the “most decisive blow in the history of naval warfare”.
Emmerich has managed to enlist a hell of a cast with both Woody Harrelson and Luke Evans in the lead roles while Mandy Moore, Patrick Wilson, Ed Skrein, Aaron Eckhart, Darren Criss, Nick Jonas, Dennis Quaid, Luke Kleintank and Tadanobu Asano co-star. Oddly though, this will mark one of his lowest budget blockbusters with the total coming in at $60 million – so don’t expect much large scale “Pearl Harbor” or “Dunkirk” action.
 
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