--- ---  # Emma Watson to Star With Tom Hanks in _The Circle_  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:43 PM UTCPublished: Jun 24, 2015 10:54 PM UTC  Actress Emma Watson attends the 2015 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Jazz Hall at Lincoln Center on April 21, 2015 in New York City. ( Actress Emma Watson attends the 2015 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Jazz Hall at Lincoln Center on April 21, 2015 in New York City. (Mark Sagliocco—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:43 PM UTCPublished: Jun 24, 2015 10:54 PM UTC **Correction appended, Oct. 9** Emma Watson is about to [become](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/emma-watson-tom-hanks-the-circle-1201527471/) a tech wizard. _Variety_ reports the actress is set to star opposite Tom Hanks in the film adaptation of Dave Eggers’ New York _Times_ bestseller _The Circle_. The novel follows a young woman named Mae (Watson) who lands a job at a massive tech company called The Circle (think: the power of Google, the influence of Facebook and the machinations of [Hooli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon%5FValley%5F%28TV%5Fseries%29)). It takes a dark turn when Mae meets a mysterious older man (Hanks) and begins to reckon with the deterioration of privacy in a world full of surveillance technology and linked with social media networks. Eggers is best known for his memoir, _A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius_. James Ponsoldt (_The Spectacular Now_) will adapt the novel. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/emma-watson-tom-hanks-the-circle-1201527471/)\] _Read next:_ [_Her_ vs. _The Circle_: The Dangers of Trying to Remain Plugged In](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/17/her-vs-the-circle-the-dangers-of-trying-to-remain-plugged-in/) _Correction: The original version of this story misstated when Dave Eggers published The Circle._ Emma Watson to Star With Tom Hanks in Dave Eggers' "The Circle" ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3934793/emma-watson-tom-hanks-the-circle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3934793/emma-watson-tom-hanks-the-circle/"},"headline":"Emma Watson to Star With Tom Hanks in The Circle","datePublished":"2015-06-24T22:54:31.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T23:43:04.000Z","description":"The movie adaptation of Dave Eggers' book explores the dangers of technology and social media","url":"https://time.com/3934793/emma-watson-tom-hanks-the-circle/","keywords":["movies","Emma Watson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9552c037a15c3e6a/69885844428a9e794bccde27/gettyimages-470826576.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9552c037a15c3e6a/69885844428a9e794bccde27/gettyimages-470826576.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 Time 100 Gala","caption":"2015 Time 100 Gala","creditText":"Mark Sagliocco—Getty Images","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/3934793/emma-watson-tom-hanks-the-circle/","name":"Emma Watson to Star With Tom Hanks in The Circle"}}]}] ```