Tom Hanks Producing Indie Ensemble Drama Based Around JFK Assassination
Posted on Friday, August 17th, 2012 by Russ Fischer
Tom Hanks has had his brush with John F. Kennedy thanks to Forrest Gump, but hasn’t just about everyone had a brush with JFK at this point? Oliver Stone’s film may be one of the most notable movies to tackle the President and his assassination, but there is no shortage of films that take the life and death of John F. Kennedy as primary or incidental subject matter.
Still, Hanks and his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman are making a new JFK film. They’ll produce Parkland, described as an indie drama about the assassination. First-timer Peter Landesman (The Mission screenwriter) will direct. Read More »
