With Roland Emmerich behind the production, one expects that Midway will be a fairly spectacular action blockbuster.
Emmerich is the man behind the likes of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow.
The film is based on a script written by Wes Tooke, who will be making his feature film debut, having previously written episodes of the USA series Colony.
One might be inclined to compare it more to another infamous World War II movie, Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor, though, according to Deadline, Midway will deal with the real soldiers and aviators who were involved in the battle, so it looks like the plan is to tell a story which is a bit more grounded in the reality of the event.