Tom Hank's Fred Rogers Movie pushed back to Christmas 2017

Posted on October 4th, 2015

Tom Hank's Fred Rogers Movie pushed back to Christmas 2017
As expected, the new Fred Rogers movie starring Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, has bought itself a bit more time, and shifted from its Christmas 2016 release slot.

Not a massive surprise, this. The new Tom Hank's Fred Rogers movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood had a difficult time casting this year, and that was always going to make a Christmas 2016 release date look a bit bleak. Sony has thus bought itself more time, and shifted the film from December 2016 to a new release date: December 25th, 2017. Expect the movie to go into production later next year, with better luck with casting as well.

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Well, this one’s pressing ahead then. It’s been a while now since Sony confirmed that the new Fred Rogers movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood planned, setting aside a release date in the US of December 25th 2016. And whilst it seems to be cutting things fine, a director who is Marielle Heller will now look for casting for the new film, and it’s full steam ahead on the project.

The movie tells a story of Two-time Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America's most beloved neighbor.

The director promises that the movie will have its heartfelt and warm-hearted moments in the movie, and you can expect casting next year as well. Production considerably starts very soon.

And so, let the warmth begin.