Tom Hanks Returns to WWII

Okay, Tom Hanks isn't actually getting into a time machine and travelling back to the 1940 when WWII was in raging in Europe.  Althought the prolific actor is planning to star in Erik Larson's nonfiction bestseller In the Garden of Beasts, which recently was optioned by Universal.

"The book tells the true tale of William Dodd, the United States' reluctant and mild-mannered ambassador to Berlin in 1933, and his daughter Martha, a vivacious socialite who had romantic affairs with a Gestapo official and a Soviet spy.  Dodd and his family at first naively navigated life in Nazi Germany (Dodd’s daughter was excited when Hitler kissed her hand) but they slowly gained awareness of the mounting brutality around them."

Tom Hanks, along with Gary Goetzman will be producing the film through Playtone and Hanks is possibly looking to star in the film.  The full name of the book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, was published this past May. 

This latest news comes after a strange but telling fascination on Hanks' behalf since he's already produced several WWII-centric projects including the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, The Pacific and John Adams, and starred in Saving Private Ryan.  Maybe HBO is looking to buy the distribution rights, who knows.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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John Adams was a WWII miniseries?

Is being fascinated with WWII history really strange?

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