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Netflix Sets Premiere Date for ‘News of the World’ starring Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is a civil war veteran who agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will

Bradley - Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:02:57 +0000 3318 Views
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Netflix has set the release date for “News of the World,” starring Tom Hanks in the leading role, who plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd in a post-civil war America. 


Based on Paulette Jiles’ 2016 novel, which also reunites Hanks with “Captain Phillips” writer and director Paul Greengrass, The film will hit Netflix on February 10 (except US, Canada, and other select territories).


The film is set five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a widower and veteran of three wars, now moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe.


In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna (Helena Zengel, System Crasher), a 10-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier and raised as one of their own. Johanna, hostile to a world she’s never experienced, is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will.


Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.


News of the World is directed by Greengrass (the Bourne films, United 93) from his screenplay with Luke Davies (Lion), based on the National Book Award finalist and best-selling novel by Paulette Jiles. The film is produced by Gary Goetzman (Mamma Mia! franchise, Greyhound), Gail Mutrux (The Danish Girl, Donnie Brasco), and Gregory Goodman (22 July, 8 Mile). The executive producers are Steven Shareshian and Tore Schmidt. The film’s music is by eight-time Academy Award® nominee James Newton Howard.


The film was released in theaters in the US on December 25, 2020, and is currently available to order through VOD.

 

 

 

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