New Photo Of Tom Hanks As Mr. Rogers Released

Tom Hanks Makes It A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

“Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.” – Mister Rogers

On what would have been Fred Rogers’ 91st birthday, Sony Pictures shared a new photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers in the upcoming movie about everyone’s favorite neighbor.

In the new photo, the 62-year-old actor surprisingly looks a lot like Mister Rogers, wearing a cardigan and tossing his shoe in the air.

In “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” is described as described as a “timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism.”

As the official movie synopsis reads: “Jaded and cynical exposé journalist, Lloyd Vogel, is ordered to do a piece on the much beloved television personality, Mr. Fred Rogers. Initially highly distrustful of his subject’s sincerity, Lloyd warily and slowly comes to appreciate the genuine honesty and deeply held convictions of Mr. Rogers, eventually writing not an exposé but a heartfelt tribute to a true American Hero.”

Fred Rogers was born in March 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Although ordained as a minister, Rogers was dissatisfied with how children were taught through television. As a result, he became involved in local TV, eventually going on to host “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” on PBS for over three decades.

By: Maytinee Kramer