Austin Butler Is a WWII Bomber in Epic First Teaser for Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s Masters of the Air

Austin Butler flies in his latest role on Apple TV+ Lords of the air.

According to the show’s official synopsis, the historical drama follows “the men of the 100th Bomb Group,” also known as the “Bloody Hundred,” as they carry out “dangerous bombing raids” on Nazi Germany during World War II. The men face horrific conditions, including freezing temperatures and lack of oxygen, as they relive the horrors of war.

The series, led by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, depicts “the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horrors of Hitler’s Third Reich.”

Filmed in locations ranging from the idyllic rolling hills of southeast England to the “severe deprivations of a German POW camp,” many soldiers were shot down, captured, wounded, and “some were lucky enough to make it home.”

Austin Butler in ‘Lords of the Air’.

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The teaser begins with the sounds of distant gunfire and bombs. Butler, who takes on the role of Major Gale Cleven aka Buck, says with awe in his voice: “When you’re watching it and not paying attention to what’s really going on, it’s kind of beautiful.”

Like the twisted shapes of fireworks, Buck and his regime watch as smoke, bullets and impact flashes light up the night sky.

The scene shifts to a shot of fighter pilots training for war, as soldiers load their planes and take to the skies, Major Crosby (Anthony Boyle) recites: “We have come from all corners of the earth with a common goal: to bring war to Hitler’s doorstep.”

‘Lords of the Air’.

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“These daily missions,” sighs Buck as scenes of soldiers running for shelters, loading missiles and dodging fire in the sky are shown. “They are suicides.”

“So what’s the move?” Major John Egan (Callum Turner) asks, to which Buck replies, “We’re leading our guys through it.”

The teaser shows flashes of the plane falling and howling soldiers. Another scene shows a man carrying a woman from a building turned into rubble. While the men are laughing and hugging each other in a friendly way, more of them are running away from the bombs and bullets.

‘Lords of the Air’.

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“We’re going through this, even if the odds are against us,” Egan continues, as a soldier falls from the sky and the people below are showered with gunfire.

“First time at the sawmill, guys,” Buck says over a scene of a plane in flight. “Let’s round them up and knock them down.”

‘Lords of the Air’.

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Along with Spielberg and Hanks, Gary Goetzman will executive produce the series and will include an all-star cast led by Butler, Turner, Boyle, Nate Mann, Rafferty Law, Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa.

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Lords of the air will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday, January 26 with the first two episodes, followed by one new episode each week.

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