Tom Hanks Eyes Lead Role in Warner Bros. Adaptation of Bestseller THEO OF GOLDEN
Warner Bros is nearing feature rights to Allen Levi’s bestseller as Tom Hanks is in talks to star and produce with Gil Netter and Gary Goetzman.
- Warner Bros Pictures is negotiating feature film rights to Allen Levi's breakout novel Theo of Golden, with Tom Hanks in talks to play the title character.
- First-Time author Levi self-published the book in 2023, but it became a phenomenon after niece Aron Ritchie boosted visibility; Simon & Schuster published it wide last October, and sales reached over 3.5 million copies.
- Producers Gil Netter, Gary Goetzman, and Hanks are overseeing the project, which follows Theo as he sketches portraits of locals in a fictional town and confronts his past tragedy.
- Currently published in 43 languages, the novel mirrors the trajectory of Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County, achieving bestseller status in the Netherlands and Italy.
- Playtone partners simultaneously are prepping The Comebacker, directed by Marielle Heller and featuring Callum Turner as a young pitcher, with filming set for early fall.
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Tom Hanks Eyes Lead Role in Warner Bros. Adaptation of Bestseller THEO OF GOLDEN
Tom Hanks may have found his next literary adaptation, and this one comes with one hell of a publishing success story.Warner Bros. Pictures is currently negotiating for the feature film rights to Allen Levi’s bestselling novel Theo of Golden, with Hanks in talks to play the title character. The deal is reportedly being finalized, putting the unlikely publishing phenomenon on course for a major Hollywood adaptation.Hanks feels like a pretty natur…
Tom Hanks tapped to star in film adaptation of 'Theo of Golden'
Warner Bros. Pictures is in negotiations to bring Allen Levi’s best-selling novel “Theo of Golden” to the big screen, with Tom Hanks attached to star as the title character, according to Deadline.
It is a novel that tells the story of an old man's adventure - It was an extraordinary success without any organized marketing campaign
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