This Christmas, Universal Pictures is proud to present Tom Hanks starring in the moving story of News of the World, written and directed by Paul Greengrass, reuniting the two for the first time since their work on the 2013 Best Picture nominee Captain Phillips.
Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a 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), 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, Gail Mutrux, and Gregory Goodman. The executive producers are Steven Shareshian and Tore Schmidt and te film’s music is by eight-time Academy Award® nominee James Newton Howard.
ABOUT THE FILM
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Paul Greengrass
- Screenplay: Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies, based upon the novel by Paulette Jiles
- Producers: Gary Goetzman, Gail Mutrux, Gregory Goodman
- Executive Producers: Steven Shareshian, Tore Schmidt
- Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel
- Music: James Newton Howard
NEWS OF THE WORLD is in theaters December 25, 2020!
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