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08 Feb 2010
We've added three videos to our video archives. The first one is from 2008 Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival. Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg honored author Ray Bradbury. The other two videos are guest appearances, respectively in Life with Bonnie (2002) and The Naked Truth (1995).
A few articles have been published about Tom Hanks's visit to Solano Community College and you can find them in our press archive. We've also added an interview from 2007 concerning The Pacific. You can either read it in the press archive (Dec 2, 2007) or listen to it in the audio clips (Nov 30, 2007).
First of all, note that you can now follow Tom Hanks's tweets by taking a look at our sidebar. We've integrated Tom Hanks's Twitter account there, we thought it may be easier for you.
Tomorrow evening, Tom Hanks will visit Solano Community College to raise money for SCC theater arts programs. You can read two articles about his visit in our press archive.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment announced that Apollo 13 will be released on Blu-ray Disc for the first time on April 13 as part of a 15th anniversary special edition release commemorating the 40th anniversary of the mission. Additional special features from the original DVD release include commentary with director Ron Howard, Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell and his wife Marilyn, and featurettes : » "Lucky 13: The Astronaut's Story" : a "Dateline" television piece recounting the events of the mission. » "Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13," the making of the film including behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. » "Conquering Space: The Moon And Beyond," recapping of the last 45 years in space.
By the way, captain James Lovell will be honored with the 3rd Annual Lincoln Leadership Prize on February 11 in Chicago and Tom Hanks will attend the ceremony as presenter.
The other day we told you Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson had made a donation to the Great Lakes Theater Festival... well this time they made a donation for the conservation work at the famous Rosslyn Chapel, which was seen in the movie The Da Vinci Code. The chapel's fundraising manager Dianne Stein said "Tom Hanks sent a very generous donation." You can read an article about this in our press archive.
Tom Hanks is also working on numerous upcoming projects, especially as a producer, here are a few information on his next projects : » The Pacific : it seems like Tom Hanks will attend the screening of a sneak peek of the 10-part miniseries at the John F. Kennedy Library, in Boston, on March 3rd.
» The Lost Symbol : Tom Hanks still hasn't signed on for it (even though he said he'd be ready to do it) but Steven Knight (Eastern Promises) has been hired to adapt the novel into a screenplay.
» The Long Fall : HBO continues their collaboration with Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman ! Jonathan Demme, who directed Philadelphia, and Walter Mosley will co-write a pilot based on the novelist's new detective series The Long Fall. Demme will direct the pilot, and the series will be overseen by Tom Hanks’s production company, Playtone.
» The Story of Edgar Sawtelle : Last year we told you that Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey would be co-producing, through their respective companies, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Universal Pictures has hired William Broyles Jr. to adapt the novel written by David Wroblewski. William Broyles has already worked with Tom Hanks since he's the one who has scripted Apollo 13, The Polar Express and Cast Away. It's also said that Tom Hanks would like to use the performance-capture, the same way James Cameron did for Avatar, and that he would play one of the characters... one of the three dogs. No director has been hired yet.
Remember that when Tom Hanks went to Cleveland to help the Great Lakes Theater Festival, he also gave an interview to NPR's Scott Simon and students ? Well for those of you who have WVIZ/PBS, take note of this important date : Thursday February 11. The interview will air several times in February beginning on Feb 11. We'd be very grateful if anyone could capture the show (Backstage with Tom Hanks) for us. Here's a little teaser.
As we're talking about Cleveland, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson made a last-minute Christmas gift to Great Lakes Theater Festival. On December 24, they made a donation, the amount of which remains secret but the contribution will be called “The Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Fund for Artists.” You can read two articles, from Jan 26 & 27, in the press archive.
On January 27, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Tim McGraw all attended the Saks Fifth Avenue's Unforgettable Evening benefiting EIF's Women's Cancer Research Fund, along with their wives Rita Wilson, Kate Capshaw and Faith Hill who were awarded for their long support to the cause. By the way, you can see (and listen to !) how Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks introduced their respective wives in one of the videos we've added to the video archives...
You can watch a video of Access Hollywood as well as read two articles, from WWD and Access Hollywood, in our press archive. We've added some photos of the evening in the gallery.
