--- title: First Photos From Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' Bridge of Spies description: Get your first look at Steven Spielberg's new film canonical: https://time.com/3909836/bridge-of-spies-photos/ author: Joseph C. Lin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-05T15:00:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:56:09.804Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: First Photos From Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' Bridge of Spies og:description: Bridge of Spies comes to theaters on Oct. 16 og:url: https://time.com/3909836/bridge-of-spies-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338cb2833d2fbe48/6988530de20a87069ea8baf0/tom-hanks-bridge-of-spies-021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: tom hanks, steven spielberg, bridge of spies, movies og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: First Photos From Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' Bridge of Spies twitter:description: Bridge of Spies comes to theaters on Oct. 16 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338cb2833d2fbe48/6988530de20a87069ea8baf0/tom-hanks-bridge-of-spies-021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Take A First Look At Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' New Movie by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Jun 5, 2015 3:00 PM CUT  Tom Hanks stars as James Donovan in the incredible story of an ordinary man placed in extraordinary circumstances in Bridge of Spies. Tom Hanks stars as James Donovan in the incredible story of an ordinary man placed in extraordinary circumstances in Bridge of Spies.Jaap Buitendijk—DreamWorks/Fox 2000 by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Jun 5, 2015 3:00 PM CUT Academy Award winners Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ latest film _Bridge of Spies_ is a dramatic thriller set during the tension of the Cold War. The true story, by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, stars Hanks as James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer given an unenviable task by the CIA to defend a Russian spy discovered in the U.S. and negotiate the release of an American U-2 pilot captured on Russian soil. The film also features Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel, the Russian KGB agent defended by Donovan, Scott Shepherd as CIA operative Hoffman and Amy Ryan as James’ wife. _Bridge of Spies_ releases nationwide on Oct. 16. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3909836/bridge-of-spies-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3909836/bridge-of-spies-photos/"},"headline":"Take A First Look At Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' New Movie","datePublished":"2015-06-05T15:00:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:56:09.804Z","description":"Bridge of Spies comes to theaters on Oct. 16","url":"https://time.com/3909836/bridge-of-spies-photos/","keywords":["movies","photography","Tom Hanks","steven spielberg"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338cb2833d2fbe48/6988530de20a87069ea8baf0/tom-hanks-bridge-of-spies-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph C. Lin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338cb2833d2fbe48/6988530de20a87069ea8baf0/tom-hanks-bridge-of-spies-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"tom hanks, steven spielberg, bridge of spies, movies","caption":"tom hanks, steven spielberg, bridge of spies, movies","creditText":"Jaap Buitendijk—DreamWorks/Fox 2000","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3909836/bridge-of-spies-photos/","name":"Take A First Look At Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' New Movie"}}]}] ```