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EXCLUSIVE: In a real shocker, the WWII naval drama Greyhound that Tom Hanks wrote and stars in has abruptly changed course and will berth at Apple. Originally on the Sony Pictures theatrical calendar for Father’s Day weekend, the film instead will become the biggest feature film commitment made by Apple to premiere on…

There’s a whole lot of shuffling going on at Sony Pictures with their release slate. The new release dates are the result of the current coronavirus outbreak. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Columbia Pictures) has been moved to March 5, 2021 from its original July 10 release date while the Sony/Marvel pic Morbius (Columbia…

Sony’s Tom Hanks World War II movie Greyhound is jumping from its May 8 weekend to June 12, as a means to tee off before the Father’s Day weekend of June 19-21. I hear the pic’s rescheduling has nothing to do with coronavirus fears which are weighing on many distribs’ minds, but rather it being an opportune time to…

Sony Pictures has set official release dates for its Spider-Man spinoff Morbius and Jason Reitman’s new Ghostbusters. The moves were revealed Friday evening among several tweaks in the studio’s 2019-20 release slate, including pushing back the bows of two Tom Hanks movies: Columbia Pictures’ Greyhound and TriStar’s…

UPDATED, 2:23 PM: For the second time in a month, Sony Pictures has shifted the release date of its Tom Hanks World War II movie Greyhound. The Aaron Schneider-helmed film now will open March 22, after being moved from April 5 to February 8. On its new new weekend, the Allies-vs.-U-boats film will take to the seas…

Sony has added Playtone’s Greyhound and The Grudge reboot to its 2019 release schedule. Both titles are from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquistions. Directed by Aaron Schneider and starring and written by Tom Hanks, Greyhound will open on April 5, 2019 and be up against Warner Bros./New Line’s Shazam!. Deadline first brok…

EXCLUSIVE: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Magnificent Seven, Murder on the Orient Express) and Karl Glusman (Netflix’s Gypsy) have come aboard Sony/FilmNation’s WWII film Greyhound, written by and starring Tom Hanks. Aaron Schneider is directing the piece, which centers around an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led…

EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Shue and Rob Morgan, who played one of the leads in the four-time Oscar-nominated Mudbound, has joined the cast of Greyhound for director Aaron Schneider (Get Low). The Tom Hanks’ starring WWII drama is about an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause in his first…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Graham, who just wrapped one of the leads in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino for Netflix, has now just stepped into the Tom Hanks’ WWII film Greyhound for Sony and FilmNation. Sony acquired worldwide rights to Greyhound in Berlin last year. The drama is one that…

Tom Hanks, who penned the screenplay for his next movie Greyhound, is also getting into the publishing game. His first book, Uncommon Type: Some Stories, a short-story collection, is getting an October release via Knopf. The pair originally struck a deal for a book in 2014, with the idea to write stories based on his…

EXCLUSIVE: Taking a high-profile picture off the Berlin marketplace table, Sony Pictures is acquiring worldwide rights to Greyhound, a World War II drama that Tom Hanks scripted and will star in, with Get Low helmer Aaron Schneider directing. Hanks' Playtone partner Gary Goetzman will produce. Hanks, perhaps the…

EXCLUSIVE: The opening numbers for the Clint Eastwood-directed Sully shows once again that audiences like Tom Hanks behind the wheel of most any passenger vehicle, whether it’s a jetliner or a cargo ship like he steered in Captain Phillips. He is eyeing another big vehicle. He’s more then eyeing it, he wrote the…