Well over a year ago, it was announced that an 8-hour, TV sequel to Wolfgang Petersen‘s 1981 WWII German U-boat drama classic “Das Boot” was in the works. It was interesting news, and it made us curious, but as with anything else that happened eighteen months ago, we totally forgot about. Well, the project is headed to sea with some interesting developments.
“Masters Of Sex” and “Party Down” star Lizzy Caplan is the lone Hollywood name boarding the project, that has lined up an ensemble which includes August Wittgenstein, Vicky Krieps, Jonathan Zaccaϊ, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober, Franz Dinda, and Stefan Konarske. Andreas Prochaska will be directing every episode of the series, which will have a massive 104-day shoot.
Based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s best-selling novels, “Das Boot” and “Die Festung” (a.k.a. “The Fortress”), the new series will pick up where Petersen’s film left off, giving the German perspective of the war at sea, while also spending some time with the French Resistance and Allied forces in the war.
Cameras will start rolling at the end August, with “Das Boot 2” scheduled to land on Sky TV abroad in fall 2018. No word yet on an American network, but it’s just a matter of time until someone snaps it up. [Variety]