Tom Hanks to Star in His First Wes Anderson Production

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Following the recent casting news that Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton will be starring in Wes Anderson’s next film, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Oscar winner Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Greyhound) has joined the project, serving as his first Anderson production.

According to the outlet’s sources, Hanks will appear in a small role in the currently untitled project that “could be cameo-like in nature.” The film will be written and directed by Anderson, with production expected to shoot in Spain. Plot details are being tightly kept under wraps, but it is rumored to be a love story set in Europe.

Anderson’s highly-anticipated dramedy romance The French Dispatch will finally release on October 22, 2021, following its Cannes Film Festival debut. Brody, Murray, Swinton along with Frances McDormand, Benicio Del Toro, Timothée Chalamet, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Liev Schreiber, and many more stars in the film.

The French Dispatch is described as a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city centering on three storylines that bring to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch” magazine.

Hanks was most recently seen in the drama adventure News of the World directed by Paul Greengrass. His upcoming projects include Amblin’s sci-fi drama movie Finch, set to be released on Apple TV+, along with Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation of Disney’s Pinocchio, and Baz Luhrman’s Elvis Presley project starring Austin Butler.