The Pacific aired in 2010 and was nominated for 24 Primetime Emmy Awards and winning eight including Outstanding Miniseries.
Hanks and Spielberg will executive produce the series alongside Gary Goetzman for Hanks and Goetzman’s Playtone and Spielberg’s Amblin Television.
The series, entitled Masters of the Air and penned by Brothers vet John Orloff, was originally ordered by HBO in 2013 following the critical acclaim the two previous series attained.
Band of Brothers aired in 2001 and was nominated for 20 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning seven including Outstanding Miniseries, while also winning the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.