2 Oscars, 67 years, 110 films: When will we see this great actor in cinema?

In 2000, Tom Hanks played prison guard Paul Edgecombe in Frank Darabont’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s best-selling book The Green Tube.

Starring the late Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Gary Sinise, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell and Sam Rockwell, the film, nominated for 4 Oscars, follows Paul Edgecombe (Hanks), a 100-year-old resident of a nursing home. . The latter recalls his life. Head Warden of Cold Mountain Penitentiary in 1935, he was responsible for ensuring that capital executions went smoothly by trying to mitigate the last moments of the condemned. Among them was a colossus named John Coffey, accused of raping and murdering two little girls. Interested in this sincere and shy man with magical gifts, Edgecomb will form a very strong bond with him.

This masterpiece, rated 4.6 out of 5 stars by AlloCiné viewers, will be broadcast tonight on Chérie 25. An opportunity to review Tom Hanks’ 2 Oscar-winning projects as an actor (in 1994 for Philadelphia and 1995 for Forrest Gump).

Tom Hanks / Robert Zemeckis: The 5th!

The 67-year-old American actor will be seen here by his accomplice Robert Zemeckis from November 2024. This is the fifth collaboration between the two men, after Forrest Gump (1994), Alone in the World (2000), The Pole Express (2004) and Pinocchio (2022). It’s co-written by Eric Roth, who also worked on Forrest Gump, Horse Whisperer, Munich, and most recently Killers of the Flower Moon.

The feature film, announced in US theaters on November 15, 2024 (no French date yet), is an adaptation of Richard McGuire’s graphic novel of the same name. The story takes place in a single room and focuses on the many people who have passed through it over the years.

Tom Hanks shares the poster with Robin Wright – who, accordingly, finds himself almost 30 years after Forrest Gump – Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Jonathan Aris and Nikki Amuka-Bird.

Tom Hanks as a Mattel astronaut

After the success of Barbie, Mattel announced several movies inspired by its toys. Thus, Tom Hanks will soon become the star of the Major Matt Mason toy range. Produced from 1967 to the early 1970s, these astronaut dolls were the “boys’ equivalent of Barbie”…

After voicing the cowboy from Toy Story, Tom Hanks That’s why this time he will play an astronaut! Akiva Goldsman and Michael Chabon are writing the feature film.

A film based on Major Matt Mason’s space adventure has been in development since 2010. If Tom Hanks was always attached to the feature film, Robert Zemeckis – originally announced as the director – left the project. The film was revived by Mattel after the success of Barbie.

return of the hero

On June 17, 2026, Tom Hanks The cowboy will be reunited with Woody, who has been loaned to him since 1995 in the animated film from the Pixar studio, Toy Story 5. Announced in February 2023, the feature film will also mark the return of his accomplice Tim Allen – who will lend his voice. Buzz l ‘Lightning – to vote.

We still don’t know anything about the plot of this fifth episode of the animated saga and how the writers will reunite the characters who said goodbye in Toy Story 4, but according to a source close to Disney, Andy – who left. His toys at the end of Little Bonnie’s Toy Story 3 – can come back as an adult.

A sequel to Greyhound?

Finally, in April 2022, Tom Hanks and his producing partner Gary Gottzman signed a multi-year deal between their company Playtone Entertainment and Apple TV+ to create the expanded universe of Aaron Schneider’s war film, USS Greyhound – The Battle of the Atlantic.

The deal includes a host of new programming, including World War II documentaries, shows, series (including the recent “Masters of the Air”) and, most notably, a 2020 feature film sequel based on CS Forester’s novel, and is one of . Most watched movies on Apple TV+.

But two years after the sequel was announced, the project still hasn’t moved forward.