The debut novel “Wildly Ambitious” by Oscar winner Tom Hanks is set to come out next year.
The debut novel by Oscar winner Tom Hanks is set to come out next year. The book, which is Hanks’s second novel after publishing a short story collection in 2017, has been called a “wildly ambitious” filmmaking story by its publisher.
The book will be published by Penguin Random House (PRH) on May 9, 2024, in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
The publisher says that the book will also talk about how America and American culture have changed since World War II.
Hanks stated to People, “Every character in the book does something I’ve experienced while making a movie, along with discovering a philosophy or learning an important lesson.”Every misstep I’ve made or stunt I’ve pulled off is a lesson learned.
It will begin in 1947, when a soldier returns from the war, meets his nephew, makes an impression on him, and then goes missing for 23 years. The story will unfold over several decades. The nephew, who now creates underground comics, decides to draw one of his uncles as a World War II hero after reconnecting with him in 1970.
According to the description provided in The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, a contemporary director decides to adapt the nephew’s comic book into a contemporary superhero film after finding it.
It will begin in 1947 when a soldier returns from the war, meets his nephew, makes an impression on him, and then disappears for 23 years. The narrative will span several decades. After reconnecting with him in 1970, the nephew, who now creates underground comics, decides to draw one of his uncles as a World War II hero.
A contemporary director decides to adapt the nephew’s comic book into a contemporary superhero film after finding it, as described in The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece.
