OK, so we’re going with this thing that instead of a teaser trailer or official trailer, we’re jumping straight to a short TV spot, ok sure, but the first official teaser or footage of Paul Greengrass‘ Western, “News Of The World” is here. Reuniting Tom Hanks with his “Captain Phillips” director, “News Of The World” is set in 1870 and follows a Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople. He agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped, but this sets off a whole other chain of events.
“News of the World” co-stars Elizabeth Marvel, Mare Winningham, Mare Winningham, and relative newcomer Helena Zengel in the second lead role as the young child.
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“News of the World” is directed by Greengrass (the ‘Bourne‘ films, “United 93“) from his screenplay with Luke Davies (“Lion“), based on the National Book Award finalist and best-selling novel by Paulette Jiles. The film is produced by Gary Goetzman (Mamma Mia! franchise, Greyhound), Gail Mutrux (The Danish Girl, Donnie Brasco), and Gregory Goodman (22 July, 8 Mile). The executive producers are Steven Shareshian and Tore Schmidt. The film’s music is by eight-time Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard.
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Here’s the long-form synopsis:
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Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a widower and veteran of three wars, now moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe.
In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna (Helena Zengel, System Crasher), a 10-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier and raised as one of their own. Johanna, hostile to a world she’s never experienced, is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.
“News of The World” is scheduled for release on Christmas Day in theaters if such a thing exists by then. Check out the first TV teaser/first footage below.