Tom Hank's Fred Rogers Movie Sets Christmas Premiere

Posted on Jan. 5, 2015

The upcoming TriStar Picture's Fred Rogers film "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers will arrive Christmas Day 2016, according to Deadline.com
Marielle Heller is directing the film with Marc Turtletaub, Peter Steef and Youree Henley producing the film.

The film will focus on an award-winning cynical journalist Lloyd Vogel begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece of a beloved and warm-hearted television icon Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks) and Vogel's perspective on life transformed after his encounter with Rogers.

Filming for "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" is expected to begin this fall in Pittsburgh.

"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" will be released along with Paramount's musical, Cats, and Warner Brother's animated movie, Hildafolk on December 25th (Christmas Day), 2016.