SIMILAR FACILITIES WILL BE
BUILT.
ALL ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN BY
LATE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST LOOK
TODAY AT TOM HANKS AS MR.
ROGERS.
WE LEARNED WIN THE MOVIE IS
GOING TO BE IN THEATERS.
THIS WAS A WELCOME
DISTRACTION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
TODAY.
OF COURSE THIS IS THE REAL FRED
ROGERS OVER HERE, THIS IS TOM
HANKS DRESSED AS FRED ROGERS.
WITH THE CLOTHES IN THE HAIR
AND THE MAKEUP, IT IS SPOT ON.
OF COURSE MANY OF US GREW UP
WATCHING MR. ROGERS.
MYSELF INCLUDED.
FRED ROGERS BECAME A BELOVED
PITTSBURGH ICON.
BASED ON THIS PHOTO RELEASED BY
SONY PICTURES, IT SEEMS THEY
ARE TAKING ATTENTION TO DETAIL
VERY SERIOUSLY.
RED CARD AGAIN CHECK, TIE CHECK,
KHAKIS CHECK, WHAT'S THE
VERDICT ON HANKS AS MR. ROGERS?
THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
Reporter: DOES HE LOOK LIKE
HIM?
SIMILAR.
EVEN THE SHIRT IN THE SHOES,
I THINK HE CAPTURED IT.
IT'S A VERY GOOD LIKENESS.
WHAT YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
Reporter: SONY REBUILD THE
FILM, YOU ARE MY FRIEND, WILL
BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER OF NEXT
YEAR.
THEY HAVE BUILT A NEW YORK
SUBWAY ENTRANCE DOWNTOWN AND
REPLACE SOME TRAFFIC SIGNS.
WHICH MAY HAVE HAD SOME DRIVERS
THINKING THAT HAD TAKEN A WRONG
TURN.
HANKS EVEN TALKED ABOUT OUR
CITY AT A VOTER REGISTRATION
RALLY IN OAKLAND.
THE LONG-STANDING AFFECTION
FOR THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH,
BASED ON THE WE ARE FAMILY
WORLD SERIES WHEN I WAS A KID,
--.
Reporter: ROGERS AND HANKS
AS ROGERS, IT IS A FILM THAT
