Netflix has released a trailer and images for Painkiller, the limited drama series from director Peter Berg. Based on Barry Meier’s book of the same name and the New Yorker article ‘The Family That Built an Empire of Pain’ by Patrick Radden Keefe, the series is a fictionalised retelling of the opioid epidemic in the […]
Movie Review – A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (2019)
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, 2019 Directed by Marielle Heller Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, Wendy Makkena, Sakina Jaffrey, Carmen Cusack, Noah Harpster, and Maddie Corman SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. […]
Movie Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Christine Lahti, Wendy Makkena, Tammy Blanchard, Noah Harpster and Maryann Plunkett. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood […]
Tom Hanks’ Mister Rogers film rounds out its supporting cast
With filming now underway on TriStar Pictures’ as-yet-untitled Fred Rogers biopic, Deadline is reporting that director Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) has rounded out the supporting cast of the film, which sees Tom Hanks taking on the role of the beloved children’s television personality and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood host. Joining the previously […]
Tom Hanks to star as Mr. Rogers in biopic You Are My Friend
Tristar Pictures have announced the casting of Tom Hanks to play Fred Rogers, the children’s television icon who created Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, in a biopic titled You Are My Friend. Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl) will direct the film from a script by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (Transparent, Beautiful Ruins). You Are My Friend is inspired […]
