‘Masters of the Air’ Meets ‘Saving Private Ryan’ in First Look at New WWII Movie

World War II has provided some of the most stirring and powerful stories in cinematic history, for there is something powerful about the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things all in the name of freedom. However, there is something particularly horrifying about the experiences of the young men who fought thousands of feet above enemy territory. While movies like Saving Private Ryan and Masters of the Air have brought those experiences to life in spectacular fashion, an ambitious British production is preparing to tell a rather different kind of war story.

Collider can exclusively reveal the first behind-the-scenes images from I’ll Get By, an upcoming WWII drama starring Josh Bolt and Louis Ashbourne Serkis, following the start of production at Sony Virtual Production Studio in Norwich, England. The new photographs, captured by Tom Carlill, showcase the cast in their military flight uniforms as filming gets underway on the ambitious independent production, which uses LED Volume technology to recreate the terrifying experience of flying aboard a B-17 bomber during the war.































































What Is ‘I’ll Get By’ About?

Written and directed by Brandon Ashplant, I’ll Get By follows a crew of American airmen whose B-17 is struck by anti-aircraft fire during a bombing mission over occupied France. Forced to parachute from their burning aircraft, the survivors find themselves stranded behind enemy lines in the aftermath of D-Day, where the front line is constantly shifting and survival becomes increasingly uncertain.

Bolt (Nowhere Boy, Last Tango in Halifax) plays Technical Sergeant Donald I. Kantowski, alongside Serkis (The Kid Who Would Be King, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) as Second Lieutenant Al Paduano. Ashplant (The Last Bus) is Second Lieutenant Walt “Virginia” Hawthorne, while White (The Good Liar, The Sandman) is Lieutenant Raymond D. Deaton. Rhodes (The Rapture, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) is Captain Harold O. Bowen, with McHale (Masters of the Air, Surviving Black Hawk Down) is Sergeant Jasper W. Collier Jr.

Andrew Butler (Albert, In Another Life) is serving as director of photography, while the producing team includes Ashplant, Academy Award nominee Jonathan Tammuz, BAFTA member Patrik Krivanek, Georgia Clarke, John Whitby, and Alexander Finer. Richard Laverick, Stephen Ainsworth, and Stephen Collas serve as executive producers.

The project is being produced by Golden Goat Films, Hex Pictures, and Ephor Pictures, with support from Guernsey Arts, the Institute of Screen Arts Guernsey, and Norfolk Screen. Production on I’ll Get By is now underway, with filming moving from Norwich to Guernsey. An official release date has not yet been announced.