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		<title>Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman Producing PARKLAND, an Indie Drama about the JFK Assassination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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Tom Hanks occasionally stars in historical dramas, but he's always quick to take on a producing role when it comes to American history.  According to Variety, Hanks and his Playtone Pictures partner Gary Goetzman (The Pacific) will produce Peter Landesman's script, Parkland, which is about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.  The movie will reportedly revolve around the events leading up to the assassination and Abraham Zapruder's 8mm film that captured the event.  Parkland refers to Parkland Memorial Hospital where Kennedy his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Oswald's killer, Jack Ruby, all died.  The film will be an ensemble piece that views how multiple characters, including "an FBI agent, a young doctor, a reporter, several Secret Service agents, Kennedy's staff, Oswald's older brother, Jackie Kennedy, and Zapruder."

Hanks and Goetzman are no strangers to putting together big ensemble dramas, but it's usually in the form of a mini-series.  It will be interesting to see how they plan to pull it together in a single film.  Landesman will make his feature directing debut on Parkland. ]]></description>
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		<title>THE MUPPETS Director James Bobin to Helm AGENT ZIGZAG</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Chitwood</dc:creator>
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Director James Bobin is now onboard to direct the spy film Agent Zigzag.  The Muppets director will helm the adaptation of the Ben McIntyre novel for New Line and Playtone Pictures, with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman producing.  The story centers on a professional criminal who became a double agent during World War II.  “He won the trust of German intelligence services even as he reported back to the spymasters of MI5.”  Rowan Joffe (Brighton Rock) was hired to write the script early last year for Mike Newell (Prince of Persia) to direct, but it appears Newell is no longer with the project.

Agent Zigzag is a bit of a change of pace for Bobin, as last year’s The Muppets was his feature directorial debut following stints on comedy series like Da Alie G Show and The Flight of the Conchords, but the novel apparently includes farcical elements.  Hit the jump for more, including a synopsis of the novel. 

Variety notes that there’s no word on how high a priority Agent Zigzag lands on Bobin’s slate.  He recently entered talks to finally bring an adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces to the screen with Zach Galifianakis in the lead, and he’s currently scripting a sequel to The Muppets alongside Nicholas Stoller.  One assumes the Disney property takes priority, but it’ll be interesting to see Bobin’s take on the spy genre when he gets to it.  Here’s a synopsis for Agent Zigzag:
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Hanks to Create and Star in Animated Sci-Fi Series ELECTRIC CITY</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Trumbore</dc:creator>
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In Yahoo’s first ever scripted show, Tom Hanks will not only play the creative force behind-the-scenes but will also lend his voice to the lead character. Electric City, an animated sci-fi series, is a production of Reliance Entertainment and Playtone, a TV and film company owned by Hanks and Gary Goetzman. About twenty episodes, each around four minutes long, should begin streaming this spring exclusively on Yahoo. While already a popular news outlet, Yahoo is looking to build franchises and hopes to start with Electric City. If successful, the property could find other avenues of media, such as games, home video, TV and perhaps even a feature release. The first look at Electric City will be at this week’s CES in Las   Vegas. Hit the jump for more.

THR reported on Hank’s involvement with Electric City and the partnership with Yahoo. Speaking about the project, Yahoo vice president and head of video Erin McPherson had this to say:
"Tom actually created this. He wrote and he stars in the lead voice. It is animated and it has a science fiction bent and in that way, like all great science fiction, it definitely plays on what is the best type of society to live in and themes around energy usage, conservation and sustainability."
In regards to content, she went on to say that:
"On the surface, the Electric City is utopia and under the surface,  Electric City is secrets and heavy-handed state control. What we found really compelling is that this is ...]]></description>
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		<title>HBO Developing College Athlete Comedy PLAYERS with Tom Hanks, Medical Drama WICHITA with Alan Ball</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Trumbore</dc:creator>
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HBO has recently landed some heavy hitters with the incomparable Tom Hanks and the bankable Alan Ball both developing projects for the network. Hanks, teamed with long-time producing partner Gary Goetzman, will reunite with the network for Players, a half-hour comedy following the lives of college athletes.

Ball is switching tactics from the campy, sexy success of True Blood to develop Wichita, an hour-long medical drama about a Kansas abortion doctor caught at the nexus of a political, cultural and ethical conflict. Ball will executive produce the project, based on the life of Dr. George Tiller, along with Devin Friedman, who authored the related GQ article “Savior vs. Savior." Hit the jump for more on both projects.

THR provided us with the details on both HBO projects, Players and Wichita.  For Hanks and Goetzman, both executive producers on Players, this will be the fifth time working with HBO. Their other successful endeavors include Emmy-winners Band of Brothers, John Adams, The Pacific and Golden Globe-winner Big Love. 

 

Wichita will dramatize the life of Dr. George Tiller, the former medical director of the Women’s Health Care Services facility in Wichita,  Kansas. One of few physicians to perform late-term abortions, Tiller survived one assassination attempt in 1993, but succumbed to another in 2009. Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder was tried and convicted of the murder just last year.

Ball, who is an HBO darling, having executive produced both True Blood and Six Feet Under, also has another project with the network. On HBO’s sister station ...]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Zemeckis in Talks to Direct MAJOR MATT MASON in 3D; Tom Hanks Stars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan Bettinger</dc:creator>
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Tom Hanks initiated development Major Matt Mason, a feature based on the Mattel astronaut action figure, in 2009.  Hanks wrote the screenplay with Graham Yost (who scripted episodes of Hanks-produced miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific) and, as a producer with Playtone partner Gary Goetzman, earmarked the lead role for himself.  For a director, Hanks is turning to the man who directed him to Oscar nominations in Forrest Gump and Cast Away: Robert Zemeckis.

According to THR, Zemeckis is in talks to direct Major Matt Mason in 3D with a tentative budget over $100 million.  We heard recently that Zemeckis' next project is likely to be Flight, which may shoot as early as the fall.  Post-production could occupy Zemeckis through a good portion of 2012, though Major Matt Mason could get in front of cameras next year when schedules align.

Hit the jump for background on the toy.




Major Matt Mason was an action figure created by Mattel, an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon. When introduced in 1966, the figures were initially based on design information found in Life Magazine, Air Force Magazine, Jane's, and other aviation- and space-interest periodicals. Later, the line would attempt to transition into the realm of science fiction...

Mason had a dark brown crew cut and a white  suit; Sgt. Storm had blond hair and a red suit; civilian astronaut Doug Davis had a yellow suit and brown hair; Lt. Jeff Long was African-American, with a blue suit (almost 2 decades before Guion Bluford ...]]></description>
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		<title>Playtone Promises Six-Season Adaptation of Neil Gaiman&#8217;s AMERICAN GODS on HBO in 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan Bettinger</dc:creator>
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HBO started kicking the tires of Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods back in April as a possible series to be produced by Playtone’s Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, with Gaiman on board as writer and executive producer.  Goetzman revealed details this weekend to THR: Playtone is planning six season of 10-12 hourlong episodes with a budget of $35-40 million each season.  American Gods will premiere in 2013 at the earliest.

That's a lot of money for a weekly series -- minimally $3 million per episode, more than most broadcast shows.  Playtone is used to the Daddy Warbucks treatment from HBO -- the network reportedly budgeted The Pacific around $225 million (over $20 million per hour).  But Goetzman promises they'll put the money to good use:
“There are some crazy things in [American Gods]. We’ll probably be doing more  effects in there than it’s been done on a television series.”
 

Hit the jump for a synopsis of the crazy things in Gaiman's novel after the break.




Titans clash, but with more fuss than fury  in this fantasy demi-epic from the author of Neverwhere. The intriguing  premise of Gaiman’s tale is that the gods of European yore, who came to  North America with their immigrant believers, are squaring off for a  rumble with new indigenous deities: “gods of credit card and freeway, of  Internet and telephone, of radio and hospital and television, gods of  plastic and of beeper and of neon.” They all walk around in mufti,  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Green Day&#8217;s Musical, AMERICAN IDIOT, in Talks to Rock on the Big Screen with Tom Hanks Producing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Steven Miller</dc:creator>
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It appears that the musical rock opera concept album that shot the punk rockers from Green Day into superstardom just cannot be stopped.  After the success of their 2004 album, Green Day transformed American Idiot into a successful, one-act stage musical, which also includes music from their follow up album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Even though the musical has yet to debut on Broadway, Deadline has just reported that talks are underway with Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to turn the musical into a feature film.  For those that are unfamiliar with Playtone, they were responsible for the box office smash, Mamma Mia!, which of course was originally a Broadway musical adapted from the music of Abba.  Apparently, Playtone has a first look deal with Universal, but Hanks and Goetzman are working on actually getting the rights to American Idiot before they bring it to the studio.

Based on the material, it's clearly obvious that the film will be more Rent than Sweeney Todd, but feel free to judge for yourself. Hit the jump to check out a brief synopsis and the official video for "21 Guns", featuring the cast of American Idiot.



"American Idiot uses the songs of punk band Green Day to tell the coming of age story of three small-town guys in a post-9/11 world. One joins the armed forces, another moves to the city and gets mired in a drug habit, and the third stays home and gets his girlfriend pregnant. There is little dialogue beyond the Green ...]]></description>
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		<title>New Teaser for Upcoming HBO Miniseries THE PACIFIC from BAND OF BROTHERS Creators Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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If you were to make a list of the Top 5 Miniseries of All-Time, HBO's "Band of Brothers" would have to make the list.  An in-depth personal examination of the soldiers of Easy Company told in 10 parts, it may be the best cinematic depiction of the European Campaign of World War II of all-time.  But exploring the Pacific Campaign and America bringing its vengeance to Japan remains hazy in the public mindset with the flag-raising at Iwo Jima and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  In March 2010, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman are throwing us back in the shit with the HBO miniseries, "The Pacific".  Watching its new teaser trailer, I was thrown right back into the war and I can't help but wonder if "The Pacific" may join "Band of Brothers" on that Top 5 Miniseries list.  Hit the jump to see the new teaser.  Click here to see the first teaser trailer which debuted this past June.



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