Tom Hanks, the man who got COVID-19 so the world would start taking it seriously, returns to this theaters this Christmas—maybe, obviously—with News Of The World, a dusty period piece about an orating, old-timey journalist. Today, following a Vanity Piece preview packed with photos, Universal Studios has shared its first look at Paul Greengrass’ unique spin on the traditional Western.
Greengrass, who previously collaborated with Hanks on Captain Phillips, adapted the story from Paulette Jiles’ best-selling book alongside Lion screenwriter Luke Davies. It tells the story of Captain Jefferson Kidd, who stages one-man shows throughout Texas that unpack real events unfolding throughout the world. “When the fabric of society is in tatters, you’ve got a character in Kidd, who in his lonely, singular, small way is a thread who connects one community to another,” Greengrass told Vanity Fair.