The BROTHERS IN ARMS Video Game Franchise is Getting a TV Series Focusing on a Secret WWII Operation

Video game developer Gearbox Entertainment has teamed with showrunner Scott Rosenbaum (Queen of the South, V, Gang Related) to adapt its World War II game franchise Brothers in Arms into a TV series.

The game, which debuted in 2005, centered on a group of paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day. The first season of the TV series is said to be “inspired by true events in World War II. The initial episodes will focus on a once-confidential operation called Exercise Tiger, a ‘rehearsal’ for D-Day that went disastrously wrong.”

The story will center on “a group of eight men who must rescue their colonel from Axis powers before the enemy can learn of D-Day plans.” The story will also feature “characters from both sides of the historical conflict, including real-life figures from World War II.”

Gearbox co-founder and CEO Randy Pitchford talked about the series, saying:

"I love the stories we told in the games, and we do have more stories to tell, but a TV show lets us explore this subject matter and the effect on the relationships and people in broader ways. The story we ended up using has never been dramatized on TV. Almost 800 U.S. servicemen were killed and it had to be covered up because the Allies were preparing for the real Normandy invasion. What I liked and hadn’t seen before, is we explore German soldiers and civilians and those in high command on both sides. We meet all these real people and see the effect and the big puzzle."

That definitely sounds like the kind of WWII story that I would love to see told! This could seriously make for a great series and I hope that it turns out good! This is a unique project and story that I think people will be interested in watching. Producer Jean-Julien Baronnet (Assassins Creed) added, "We found an angle that was really original and we think very different from other war shows.”

Rosenbaum talked about what drew him to the project, saying: 

"Almost all the World War II shows that crossed my desk very much felt like I’d seen them before. When Gearbox came to me and I learned about Exercise Tiger and a series about all the classified elements of the war, it became very exciting to me."

The team is currently in early development on the series and they are "actively looking for directors" and want an "ambitious broadcast partner that shares their big ideas for the show.” Baronnet says, “we want to change the game.”

Well, I hope they can pull off what they are looking to attempt to do with this ambitious WWII series. Gearbox also has full creative control over the series because “they know exactly what gamers can and will expect but we also want to bring things to the show that you can’t find in the game and to attract non-gamers."

Source: THR