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Movie Review – News of the World (2021)

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News of the World, 2021. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Ray McKinnon, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth Marvel, Thomas Francis Murphy, Fred Hechinger, and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. […]

Tom Hanks’ News of the World gets new trailer from Netflix

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Netflix has released a trailer for international release of News of the World. The drama, based on Paulette Jiles’ best-selling novel, sees director Paul Greengrass reunite with his Captain Phillips star Tom Hanks who leads the cast as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a non-fiction storyteller who crosses paths with a young girl (Helena Zengel) and agrees […]

Tom Hanks sci-fi Bios pushed back to August

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Another week, another Tom Hanks film gets shunted around by the pandemic. With Greyhound ending up on Apple TV+ and News of the World getting a limited run in the US, it appears the only Hanks related event which happened on time was hosting the inauguration special for US television, because Variety is now reporting that […]

Movie Review – News of the World (2020)

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News of the World, 2020. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Fred Hechinger, Michael Angelo Covino, Thomas Francis Murphy, Elizabeth Marvel, Mare Winningham, Neil Sandilands, and Chukwudi Iwuji. SYNOPSIS: A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her […]

Tom Hanks’ News of the World will release internationally on Netflix

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Although plans remain in place for Universal to release the movie in the United States this Christmas Day, Deadline is reporting that the studio has made a deal with Netflix to release the upcoming Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks film News of the World direct to the streaming service internationally. According to the trade, Universal […]

News of the World trailer reunites Tom Hanks with Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass

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Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer and a poster for Paul Greengrass’ upcoming adaptation of Paulette Jiles’ best-selling novel News of the World which sees his Captain Phillips star Tom Hanks playing Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a travelling news storyteller in the post-Civil War Old West who agrees to return a young girl (Helena […]

Cary Joji Fukunaga to direct Spielberg and Hanks’ WWII series Masters of the Air

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Way back in 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks were looking to follow their acclaimed TV dramas Band of Brothers and The Pacific with a third World War II series entitled Masters of the Air. The project was originally intended for HBO but sat languishing in development hell until last year […]

Tom Hanks reunites with director Paul Greengrass in first look at News of the World

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Universal Pictures has released a TV spot and images for the upcoming drama News of the World. Based on Paulette Jiles’ best-selling novel of the same name, the film sees director Paul Greengrass reunite with his Captain Phillips star Tom Hanks, who leads the cast as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a widower and non-fiction storyteller […]

Tom Hanks in talks to reunite with Robert Zemeckis for Geppetto role in Disney’s Pinocchio

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Having been linked to the role back in 2018 when Paddington’s Paul King was attached to direct, it seems that Tom Hanks is back in talks with Disney about taking on the role of Geppetto in the studio’s live-action Pinocchio movie. Should the deal close, Hanks will reunite with his Forrest Gump, Castaway and The […]