A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is an upcoming American drama film directed by Marielle Heller and written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. The film stars Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys and Chris Cooper, and stars Rhys as a journalist for Esquire who is assigned to profile beloved television icon Fred Rogers (played by Hanks). It is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 22, 2019, by TriStar Pictures.

Synopsis
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks) with Vogel's perspective on life transformed after his encounter with Rogers.

Cast

 * Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers
 * Matthew Rhys as Lloyd Vogel (based on Tom Junod), a journalist.
 * Chris Cooper as Jerry Vogel, Lloyd's father.
 * Susan Kelechi Watson as Andrea Vogel, Lloyd's wife.
 * Enrico Colantoni as Bill Isler, president & CEO of The Fred Rogers Company.
 * Maryann Plunkett as Joanne Rogers, Fred's wife.
 * Tammy Blanchard as Lorraine, Lloyd's sister and Todd's wife.
 * Wendy Makkena as Dorothy, Jerry's girlfriend.
 * Sakina Jaffrey as Ellen, Lloyd's editor.
 * Carmen Cusack as Margy, a producer of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
 * Noah Harpster as Todd, Lorraine's husband.
 * Maddie Corman as Betty Aberlin, an actress starring as Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Production
On January 29, 2018, it was announced that Sony's TriStar Pictures had bought the worldwide distribution rights to the film You Are My Friend, a biographical film based on a 1998 Esquire magazine article about television personality Fred Rogers, who would be played by Tom Hanks. The film's script by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster appeared among the 2013 Black List of best unproduced screenplays and it would be directed by Marielle Heller, while producers would be Big Beach's Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf along with Youree Henley. In July 2018, Matthew Rhys joined the cast of the film to play the journalist Tom Junod, with production set to start in September 2018. In August 2018, Chris Cooper was added to the cast to play Junod's father, and in September, Susan Kelechi Watson was added. In October 2018, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, Wendy Makkena, Sakina Jaffrey, Carmen Cusack, Harpster and Maddie Corman joined the cast of the film.

Principal photography on the film began on September 10, 2018 in Pittsburgh, with several sets converted into New York City. Filming also took place in Fred Rogers Studio at WQED (TV) where the late television host recorded Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Production wrapped on November 9, 2018.

On December 27, 2018, it was announced the film had been officially titled A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

Accident
On October 12, 2018, sound mixer James Emswiller had a heart attack and fell from a second-story balcony. He was taken to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Mercy, where he was pronounced dead.

Music
In 2018, Nate Heller was chosen to score the film.

Release
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is scheduled to be released on November 22, 2019, by TriStar Pictures. It was previously scheduled to be released on October 18, 2019.