A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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Tom Hanks (top) will play Fred Rogers (bottom) in the movie
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is an upcoming 2019 American biographical drama movie directed by Marielle Heller and written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. The movie stars Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers with Matthew Rhys as Tom Junod. Other stars include Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Cooper.
The movie is about depressed journalist Tom Junod accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile on television icon Fred Rogers and Junod's views on life changed after his encounter with Rogers.[1]
Filming began in September 2018 in Pittsburgh.[2] It will be released on October 18, 2019 by TriStar Pictures.[3]
Cast[change | change source]
- Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers
- Matthew Rhys as Lloyd Vogel (based on Tom Junod), a journalist
- Chris Cooper as Jerry Vogel, Lloyd’s father
- Susan Kelechi Watson as Andrea Vogel, Lloyd’s wife.
- Enrico Colantoni as Bill Isler, president & CEO of The Fred Rogers Company.
- Maryann Plunkett as Joanne Rogers, Fred’s wife
- Tammy Blanchard as Lorraine, Lloyd’s sister
- Wendy Makkena as Dorothy, Jerry’s girlfriend
- Sakina Jaffrey as Ellen, Lloyd’s editor.
- Carmen Cusack as Margy, a producer of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Noah Harpster as Todd, Lorraine’s husband
- Maddie Corman as Lady Aberlin, a character on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Emmy-Winning Sound Mixer Dies After Fall on Set of Tom Hanks' Mr. Rogers Biopic". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Bauder, Bob (September 14, 2018). "Pittsburgh turns into NYC for filming of Tom Hanks' Mr. Rogers film". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
- ↑ Busch, Anita (May 10, 2018). "'Bad Boys For Life,' Tom Hanks' Starrer 'You Are My Friend' Get Release Dates From Sony". Deadline. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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