--- title: "A new WWII TV show based on the popular video game ‘Brothers in Arms’ is in the works" description: "A new World War II television series is coming, and this one is based on wildly popular first-person shooter Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30." date: "2020-05-01" modified: "2020-05-01" authors: - name: "James Clark" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/james-clark/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/brothers-in-arms-video-game-series/" categories: - "Culture" - "Entertainment" - "History" - "Mandatory Fun" - "Past Conflicts" - "World War II" --- # A new WWII TV show based on the popular video game ‘Brothers in Arms’ is in the works ![]() A new World War II television series is coming, and this one is based on a wildly popular first-person shooter: *Brothers in Arms:* *Road to Hill 30.* The series will pull in heavyweights from three arenas, television, film, and gaming, [according to The Hollywood Reporter](). Screenwriter Scott Rosenbaum will produce the show alongside Randy Pitchford, the CEO of the game's developer, Gearbox. Richard Whelan, who worked on *Band of Brothers: The Pacific* and *Captain America,* will join them as a producer, alongside Sean Haran, the chief business officer for Gearbox, and Jean-Julien Baronnet (*Assassin’s Creed*). The console and PC first-person shooter *Brothers in Arms* launched in 2005 and put the player in charge of small teams of soldiers. The game places a premium on squad-level tactics as you direct your men to lay down suppressive fire while you and other teams advance on a target — or do whatever fits your play style and the mission at hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTTpyN7Oyo Those missions, it seems, are what really brought *Brothers in Arms* to the small screen. "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," Pitchford [said in an exclusive interview with THR.]() The game centers around a group of paratroopers who drop behind enemy lines during D-Day — and while you may be thinking to yourself "I've seen that on TV already," the series will be doing something a bit different. [According to The Hollywood Reporter](), the first couple of episodes will focus on the declassified operation Exercise Tiger, which was a trial run for the invasion of Normandy that went terribly wrong. "The story we ended up using has never been dramatized on TV," [Rosenbaum told THR](). "Almost 800 U.S. servicemen were killed and it had to be covered up because the Allies were preparing for the real Normandy invasion." The show will follow a small squad of paratroopers on a desperate mission to rescue an Allied officer whose been taken prisoner by the Axis powers before the enemy can learn of the actual D-Day plans. Additionally, the series will offer perspectives of combat troops, commanders, and civilians, on all sides of the war. On the whole, I'm hopeful for *Brothers in Arms,* especially given the involvement of a *Band of Brothers* alum and the game's emphasis on realism — both technical and emotional. However, I'd be lying if I said I didn't have concerns that basing a television show off of a video game *that's inspired by real life events* during World War II might be one adaptation too many. Then again, it might not. We'll just have to wait and see when the series premieres down the road. ## Author James Clark is the editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [LinkedIn]()