{"id":2605866,"date":"2026-05-22T12:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sons-of-tom-hanks-and-clint-eastwood-team-up-for-wwii-film-lucky-strike-and-the-trailer-looks-promising\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:28:45","slug":"sons-of-tom-hanks-and-clint-eastwood-team-up-for-wwii-film-lucky-strike-and-the-trailer-looks-promising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sons-of-tom-hanks-and-clint-eastwood-team-up-for-wwii-film-lucky-strike-and-the-trailer-looks-promising\/","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood Team Up for WWII Film &#8216;Lucky Strike&#8217; and the Trailer Looks Promising"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsons-of-tom-hanks-and-clint-eastwood-team-up-for-wwii-film-lucky-strike-and-the-trailer-looks-promising%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605866&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh passage discusses excitement for the upcoming WWII film **\u201cLucky Strike,\u201d** presented as a major release partly because it brings together the sons of two filmmakers closely tied to classic Second World War cinema-**Scott Eastwood** (Clint Eastwood\u2019s son) adn **Colin Hanks** (Tom Hanks\u2019 son). It references each father\u2019s well-known contributions: Hanks\u2019 role in major WWII storytelling like **\u201cSaving Private Ryan\u201d** and the **\u201cBand of Brothers\u201d**\/related projects, and Eastwood\u2019s involvement from acting in **\u201cWhere Eagles Dare\u201d** to directing **\u201cFlags of Our Fathers\u201d** and **\u201cLetters from Iwo Jima.\u201d**<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights a trailer and an IMDb logline, saying the story centers on an **injured American soldier trapped behind German lines during the Battle of the Bulge.** It describes the trailer as promising and notes that the film could appeal to audiences looking for a solid modern WWII movie. It also speculates that the performances-especially the resemblance of Scott Eastwood to his father and Colin Hanks\u2019 prior acting experience in WWII-related work-could deliver the kind of intense, compelling combat drama people associate wiht earlier classics. The piece concludes by mentioning that **\u201cLucky Strike\u201d** is set to open in theaters on **june 26**, while also lamenting disappointment with more recent WWII films like **\u201cMidway.\u201d**  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are few things more exciting to many, many American men over the age of 30 than the prospect of another great World War II movie.<\/p>\n<p>There is something even cooler about seeing the sons of two men who helped define modern Second World War cinema stepping into the same film together.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re anything like me, you are excited about the release of the trailer for \u201cLucky Strike\u201d this week.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Gina Carano To Produce And Star In Upcoming ... For The Daily Wire\">upcoming film<\/a> from director Rod Lurie stars Scott Eastwood and Colin Hanks, the sons of Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks, and the trailer looks promising:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Deep behind enemy lines, survival has a price.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohmygod-the-friends-reunion-is-almost-here\/\" title=\"\u2018OH\u2026MY\u2026GOD!\u2019 The Friends Reunion Is Almost Here\">official trailer<\/a> for LUCKY STRIKE starring Scott Eastwood. In theaters June 26. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KTm54gBtEO\">pic.twitter.com\/KTm54gBtEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Movie Coverage (@MovieCoverage_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MovieCoverage_\/status\/2057485797218037908?\">May 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tom Hanks obviously helped cement 1997\u2019s \u201cSaving Private Ryan\u201d as one of the greatest WWII movies ever made \u2014 and that\u2019s leaving out his role in creating the epic 2001 miniseries \u201cBand of Brothers\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/masters_of_the_air\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow-ups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The opening Omaha Beach sequence in \u201cSaving Private Ryan\u201d permanently changed how Hollywood filmed combat, and that dark, grey, visceral feeling later translated into every episode of \u201cBand of Brothers\u201d and \u201cThe Pacific\u201d a decade or so after that.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood\u2019s connection to WWII film stretches from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4xajc_wJYCs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where Eagles Dare<\/a>\u201d (1968) to directing \u201cFlags of Our Fathers\u201d and \u201cLetters from Iwo Jima\u201d decades later.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the sons of these guys are teaming up for a Battle of the Bulge movie?<\/p>\n<p>Count me in.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know a lot about the plot other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19035928\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this logline<\/a> from IMDB: \u201cAn injured American soldier is trapped behind German lines during the Battle of the Bulge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trailer itself looks like it might deliver a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >compelling story<\/a> for this generation about Hitler\u2019s final offensive of the largest conflict in human history.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Eastwood, now 40, is also a dead ringer for his legendary dad and absolutely has some of his screen presence \u2014 a presence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0w2kpInvquk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he showed briefly<\/a> in this genre with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-dominates-2021-golden-globe-nominations-full-list-announced\/\" title=\"Netflix Dominates 2021 Golden Globe Nominations: Full List Announced\">supporting role<\/a> in 2014\u2019s tank battle movie \u201cFury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least from one trailer, Colin Hanks also feels like a natural fit, but maybe that\u2019s because he played Lt. Jones so well in his short stint in \u201cBand of Brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BofBros   ep 08   The Last Patrol\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QQ7JJGeItFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In any event, \u201cLucky Strike\u201d has me hooked alone at the thought of the younger Hanks potentially mowing down a bunch of elite Wehrmacht troops with a Thompson SMG the way his dad did it onscreen three decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Eastwood definitely goes in for a few kills in the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>We desperately need another solid WWII flick after 2019\u2019s \u201cMidway\u201d disappointed with offensive CGI and clich\u00e9 dialogue \u2014 ruining the momentum created by 2017\u2019s \u201cDunkirk,\u201d which absolutely threaded the needle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLucky Strike\u201d will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\" title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\">hit theaters<\/a> on June 26.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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