Tom Hanks to star in remake of Swedish comedy A Man Called Ove
With Will Ferrell already set to star in the American adaptation of the Forrest Gump-esque Swedish novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared, original Forrest Gump star Tom Hanks has had to find a different American version of a Swedish thing he can star in. Luckily, Deadline is reporting that he’s attached to star in A Man Called Ove, a remake of director Hannes Holm’s Oscar-nominated Swedish comedy (which was based on Fredrick Backman’s novel).