“We are so pleased to partner with Mike Medavoy, a producer with a remarkable list of credits, including some of cinema’s most iconic military dramas, along with Jason Clark, president of Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions, and Mikko Alanne to bring the universal and timeless story of these courageous warriors and their equally courageous wives to Nat Geo. From ABC White House correspondent Martha Raddatz comes the story of a brutal forty-eight-hour firefight that conveys in harrowing detail the effects of war not just on the soldiers but also on the families waiting back at home. We’re also going to shine a light on the sisterhood formed by their wives on the homefront as they rally around each other awaiting news of their husbands’ fates,” said National Geographic Channel executive vice president and head of global scripted programming and development Carolyn Bernstein. soldiers in extraordinary and terrifying circumstances. Bonilla, Kate Bosworth, Sarah Wayne Callies, Noel Fisher and Jeremy Sisto. Starring Michael Kelly, Jason Ritter, E.J. “With The Long Road Home, we’re going to tell the inspiring story of the selfless heroism and bravery of U.S. As CNN breaks the news at home, the lives of the soldiers’ families back in Fort Hood are thrown into chaos and uncertainty. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech, changed the American military’s view of Iraq from a peacekeeping mission to a fight against domestic insurgents. The incident, which took place 11 months after President George W. The event series will cut between the soldiers on the ground and the homefront in Texas, where their wives and families await news for 48 hellish hours, expecting the worst. Production will begin in early 2017 for a premiere later in the year.įirst announced as a development project in November, The Long Road Home will relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War when the First Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad - a day that came to be known in military annals as “Black Sunday.” The 33 screenwriter Mikko Alanne is penning the adaptation and also executive producing. The eight-hour event series is executive produced by Mike Medavoy, Jason Clark, Benjamin Anderson and Edward McGurn. It was announced today ahead of Nat Geo’s session at TCA. This intimate portrait of the close-knit community of families Stateside-the unsung heroes of the military -distinguishes The Long Road Home from other stories of modern warfare, showing the horror, terror, bravery, and fortitude not just of the soldiers who were wounded and killed but also of the wives and children whose lives now are forever changed.National Geographic Channel has greenlit The Long Road Home scripted miniseries, based on Martha Raddatz’s New York Times bestseller. The firefight in Sadr City marked the beginning of the Iraqi insurgency, and Martha Raddatz has written perhaps the most riveting account of hand-to-hand combat to emerge from the war in Iraq. So the families banded together in anticipation of the heartbreak that was certain to come. In this powerful, unflinching account, Martha Raddatz takes readers from the streets of Baghdad to the home front and tells the story of that horrific day through the eyes of the courageous American men and women who lived it. In time, some of the women in their circle would receive "the call"-the notification that a husband or brother had been killed in action. More than seven thousand miles away, their families awaited the news for forty-eight hellish hoursexpecting the worst. Back home, as news of the attack began filtering in, the families of these same men, neighbors in Fort Hood, Texas, feared the worst. Over the course of the next forty-eight hours, 8 Americans would be killed and more than 70 wounded. Based on Martha Raddatzs bestseller, THE LONG ROAD HOME chronicles the events of April 4th, 2004, when a platoon was ambushed in Sadr City, Baghdad. In April 2004, soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division were on a routine patrol in Sadr City, Iraq, when they came under surprise attack. We’ve been watching this very, very closely, Blinken told ABC’s Martha Raddatz in an interview in Munich. From ABC White House correspondent Martha Raddatz, the story of a brutal forty-eight-hour firefight that conveys in harrowing detail the effects of war not just on the soldiers but also on the families waiting back at home.
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