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Tom Hanks' Fred Rogers film gets release date

Los Angeles — The Fred Rogers drama You Are My Friend starring Tom Hanks as the beloved television host is coming to theaters in late 2019.

Sony Pictures says Wednesday that the film will be released on 18 October, 2019.

The story is inspired by the real-life friendship between Rogers and journalist Tom Junod.

Marielle Heller, who made the well-reviewed coming-of-age drama Diary of a Teenage Girl, is directing the film.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood, inspiring a PBS special, a postage stamp and a feature-length documentary Won't You Be My Neighbour, which hits theatres on 8 June.

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