It's a beautiful day in this neighbourhood for Tom Hanks, who'll star as Mister Rogers in the upcoming biopic ``You Are My Friend.''
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TriStar Pictures announced Monday it has acquired worldwide rights to the film, to be directed by ``The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' filmmaker Marielle Heller.
The film will focus on the friendship between the host of ``Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' and journalist Tom Junod. Junod reluctantly agreed to profile Fred Rogers only to find ``his perspective on life transformed.''
Production will begin in September, with a 2019 release expected.
The role will surely add to the America's Dad image of Hanks, who gave a very Rogers-like opening monologue while hosting ``Saturday Night Live'' before the 2016 presidential election, swapping his jacket for a sweater and giving America a pep talk.
Rogers died in 2003 at age 74.