See Tom Hanks As Mr. Rogers In First Trailer For A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
(GameSpot Xbox 360 News)

Tom Hanks has played a lot of famous Americans over the years, including astronaut Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks, Captain Richard Phillips in Captain Phillips, Chesley `Sully` Sullenberger in Sully, and James B. Donovan in Bridge of Spies. His next role is that of Fred Rogers, the TV personality from the long-running TV show Mister Rogers` Neighborhood.Sony has now released the first trailer for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, providing a first in-depth look at Hanks as Rogers. The movie is based on the true story of Rogers` relationship with journalist Tom Junod (Matthew Rhys). Junod was tasked with writing a profile of Rogers, but it became so much more than that; A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood tells this story.You can read Junod`s actual profile of Rogers in this 1998 piece for Esquire.Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl) is directing the film off a script from Transparent writers Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. It hits theaters in November 2019.The new Mister Rogers movie with Hanks follows the Mister Rogers documentary Won`t You Be My Neighbor from Oscar winning director Morgan Neville. It was released earlier this year to much acclaim.