And the News of the World characters lived happily ever after...

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Paulette Giles' novel of the same name spoke to the star in two specific ways.

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We at Collider are happy to exclusively debut a new companion piece for the most recent trailer for the upcoming Universal Pictures film News of the World. Based on the book of the same name by Paulette Jiles, the film takes place five years after the end of the Civil War and stars Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran who now works as a non-fiction storyteller, traveling from town to town to read the news. When he crosses paths with a kidnapped 10-year-old girl named Johanna (Helena Zengel), his mission changes substantially. “Reading the …

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Universal Pictures has released a new, full-length trailer for the upcoming drama News of the World, and it looks pretty great. Based on the novel of the same name by Paulette Jiles, the film is set five years after the end of the Civil War and stars Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran who now works as a non-fiction storyteller, going from town to town to read the news. While in Texas, he crosses paths with a 10-year-old girl (Helena Zengel) who was taken by the Kiowa people six years earlier and raised …

Universal has released the first trailer for Paul Greengass’ upcoming Western News of the World. The film starsTom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kid, a veteran and widower who goes from town to town sharing non-fiction, but when he crosses paths with an abandoned 10-year-old (Helena Zengel), he resolves to deliver her to the law where she can be protected. In his dramas, Greengrass is primarily concerned with the behavior of civilizations and what makes someone “civilized” in the face of violence, so a Western on the frontier seems like the perfect venue for his sensibilities. I’…

https://youtu.be/ZHxsuGAy5Q8 Rockstar Games rolled out L.A. Noire, the award-winning title from developers at Team Bondi, way back in 2011. The open-world detective story allowed players to make their way through 40s-era L.A. solving crimes and shooting up the bad guys, noire-style. It got a current-gen console update in 2017, and, later that year, a VR tweak with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files. Now, Sydney-based Video Games Deluxe, the offshoot studio behind the VR title and founded by the game's writer/director Brendan McNamara, is teasing an …

Looks like things are going his way.

Historical drama News of the World - which reunites Tom Hanks with his Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass - gets a December 2020 release date.

Fresh off a banner year that saw him appear in the acclaimed indies Eighth Grade and Vox Lux, up-and-coming actor Fred Hechinger is set to join Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass’ period film News of the World, Collider has exclusively learned. Sets in the days before the Civil War, News of the World stars Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, who travels from town to town reading the news to locals, who would otherwise not know what is going on in the world. A set of circumstances lead him to be tasked with escorting an ornery young girl (…

As of February of this year, Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass were set to reunite in the Fox 2000 picture, News of the World. Things change quickly in this world of ours. Thanks to Disney's mega-buyout of all things Fox, this picture didn't make the transition over to the Mouse House. Instead, the actor/director team that netted six Oscar nominations when they worked together on Captain Phillips will now take their talents to Universal Pictures. As Deadline reports, the first Fox-focused casualty of the merger is News of the World, an adaptation of novelist …

It's looking like Tom Hanks will re-team with director Paul Greengrass for News of the World, a road drama from writer Luke Davies (Lion) based on the historical fiction novel by Paulette Jiles. (Variety reports that the deal isn't final, but "negotiations are taking place".) The last collaboration between Hanks and Greengrass, Captain Phillips, grossed $218 million worldwide on a $55 million budget en route to six Oscar nominations. Even if you've never seen it you have definitely told someone you are "the captain now." It's okay to admit this. For News of the World, …