# Before ‘Band of Brothers,’ Tom Hanks Produced a Forgotten HBO Miniseries That Aged Perfectly

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/before-band-of-brothers-tom-hanks-produced-a-forgotten-hbo-miniseries-that-aged-perfectly/
- Published: 2026-11-07T23:30:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T00:37:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/tom-hanks-hbo-from-the-earth-to-the-moon-miniseries/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, Space, Technology

## Key points

- Hanks produced the 1998 Apollo miniseries before *Band of Brothers*.
- Its 12 episodes explore missions through varied perspectives.
- The series earned 17 Emmy nominations and three wins.

## Summary

Tom Hanks helped produce HBO’s 1998 miniseries *From the Earth to the Moon*, three years before *Band of Brothers*. The 12-part drama follows NASA’s Apollo programme and remains an engaging account of the missions and the people affected by them.

Hanks produced the series with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Michael Bostick, and introduces each episode, which explores a mission from different perspectives. The story includes the Apollo 1 fire and Apollo 13, as well as the pressures faced by astronauts’ families; it also avoids retreading earlier films by presenting Apollo 13 through the media’s perspective. The miniseries received 17 Emmy nominations and won three, including Outstanding Miniseries.

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