- [Tiffany] It's a beautiful
day in the neighborhood.
We now have our first look
at Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers
in Sony's upcoming untitled film.
No surprise Hanks is wearing
the iconic televisions personality's
classic red sweater and sneakers.
♪ It's a beautiful day
in this neighborhood. ♪
♪ A beautiful day for a neighbor ♪
♪ Would you be mine? ♪
Mr. Rogers, a.k.a. Fred
Rogers was the star
of the long running beloved
children's televisions series,
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
He also was the subject
of the documentary,
Won't You Be My Neighbor?,
which premiered at this
year's Sundance Film Festival.
- They didn't want black people
to come and swim in their swimming pools.
My being on the program
was a statement for Fred.
- Interest in the TV icon who died in 2003
is clearly significant.
The documentary crossed the
20 million dollar threshold
at the US box office, a
coveted milestone reached
by only a dozen or so other documentaries.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? has
even become the top grossing
biographical doc of all time domestically.
It's also the top running documentary
in the past five years.
Director Marielle Heller of
The Diary of a Teenage Girl,
is directing Sony's
untitled Mr. Roger's film.
The movie starring Hanks
opens in October 2019.
So what do you think of our first look
at Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers?
Be sure to let me know in the comments.
Until next time for the
Hollywood Reporter News,
I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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