Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s new war drama ‘sparks noise complaints from disgruntled neighbours in Oxfordshire’
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s new project has reportedly sparked noise complaints from unimpressed neighbours.
The Hollywood moguls are executive producing the new miniseries Masters of the Air which is filming at a former military base in Oxfordshire.
According to The Sun, neighbours in nearby Abingdon and Shippon have complained to local council officials about the production which is recreating a World War II American Air Force base.
Production: Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s new project has reportedly sparked noise complaints from unimpressed neighbours
A source said: ‘For loads of people locally this is the most exciting thing that has happened in a long time, but for some folk very close it’s a real life nightmare.
‘There has been a year of lockdown already disrupting normal life and now there’s thousands of crew, actors and machinery descending – not to mention the late night pyrotechnics.
‘It goes without saying recreating World War 2 is not the sort of thing anyone wants to see as they look out of their windows in a little rural village just as life was supposed to be returning to normal.’
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg for comment.
Show: The Hollywood moguls are executive producing the new miniseries Masters of the Air which is filming at a former military base in Oxfordshire
The big budget series will reportedly be filming in the area for the next nine months and will be released by AppleTV+ in early 2022.
The war drama is based on the actions of the Eighth Air Force of the US Army Air Forces during the war.
Bond director Cary Joji Fukunaga is also set to executive produce the project along with Gary Goetzman.
The series is said to consist of nine episodes and has a production budget of £200million.
Cast: The big budget series will reportedly be filming in the area for the next nine months and stars actor Austin Butler (pictured)
Masters of the Air will star actors Austin Butler, Callum Turner and Anthony Boyle.
Tom was most recently seen in the Western drama News of the World which received positive reviews from critics.
The actor is next set to play Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley project which is currently in production.
He has also signed on to play Gepetto in the upcoming Robert Zemeckis live-action adaptation of Pinocchio and is attached to star in a remake of the Swedish film A Man Called Ove.
A source said: ‘For loads of people locally this is the most exciting thing that has happened in a long time, but for some folk very close it’s a real life nightmare’