- PARKLAND
According to Variety, Tom Hanks and his Playtone Pictures
partner Gary Goetzman (The Pacific) will produce Peter Landesman‘s script, ,
Parkland, which is about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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| Tom Hanks to produce Parkland |
The movie will reportedly revolve around the events leading
up to the assassination and Abraham Zapruder‘s 8mm film that captured the
event. Parkland refers to Parkland
Memorial Hospital where Kennedy his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Oswald’s
killer, Jack Ruby, all died.
The film will be an ensemble piece that views how multiple
characters, including “an FBI agent, a young doctor, a reporter, several Secret
Service agents, Kennedy’s staff, Oswald’s older brother, Jackie Kennedy, and
Zapruder.”
Hanks and Goetzman are no strangers to putting together big
ensemble dramas, but it’s usually in the form of a mini-series. Landesman will
make his feature directing debut on Parkland.
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