Source: EW.com
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood for Tom Hanks.
TriStar Pictures released Thursday the first official image of Hanks in character as Mister Rogers, teasing the two-time Oscar-winning actor’s transformation into the popular television personality via the icon’s signature look: a red sweater, taupe trousers, and a pair of blue plimsoll shoes.
Billed as a “timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism,” the untitled film — developed under the name You Are My Friend — is currently shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is directed by Can You Ever Forgive Me? and The Diary of a Teenage Girl helmer Marielle Heller. Heller previously told EW the film isn’t a straightforward Fred Rogers biopic, but rather a chronicle of the real-life friendship that developed between the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood host and journalist Tom Junod (Matthew Rhys), who famously formed an emotional bond with…
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