--- title: Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers Stars in Mister Rogers Movie Photo description: We now know that Tom Hanks will be playing Fred Rogers in a new movie, in an actor-subject matchup made in acting heaven. canonical: https://time.com/5408993/tom-hanks-as-fred-rogers/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-27T20:12:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:21:24.000Z og:title: Here's a Perfect First Look at Tom Hanks as 'Mister Rogers' og:description: Here's our first glimpse at Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers on set for a new movie og:url: https://time.com/5408993/tom-hanks-as-fred-rogers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Perfect First Look at Tom Hanks as 'Mister Rogers' twitter:description: Here's our first glimpse at Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers on set for a new movie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # America's Dad Tom Hanks Will Now Welcome You to the Neighborhood in _Mister Rogers_ Photo  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:21 PM UTCPublished: Sep 27, 2018 8:12 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:21 PM UTCPublished: Sep 27, 2018 8:12 PM UTC We could all use some good news, so thankfully [everyone’s favorite](http://time.com/5091915/golden-globes-2018-tom-hanks-drinks/) actor [Tom Hanks](http://time.com/5123854/tom-hanks-mister-rogers/) as Mister Rogers is here. In a new photo shared by Sony Pictures, the beloved actor poses in costume as none other than similarly beloved television host [Fred Rogers.](http://time.com/5402922/mister-rogers-google-doodle/) From the cherry-red cardigan sweater to the bright blue sneakers to the crisp khakis, Hanks looks the spitting image of Rogers as he’s depicted, perched on the entrance to a trailer. With a warm smile already in place, he looks like he’s ready to welcome us to the neighborhood, which is a great start. News that Hanks had [signed on](http://time.com/5123874/tom-hanks-mr-rogers-reactions/) to depict Rogers in the upcoming Mister Rogers movie, the biopic then titled _You Are My Friend_ came out in January, to much excited anticipation. The now untitled movie, which is being directed by Marielle Heller, will be a drama based on the friendship between Rogers and Tom Junod, a journalist who profiled Rogers for _Esquire_ magazine back in 1998\. It’s due out in October 2019, which means we only have to wait a little more than a year now to see Hanks in all his Rogers-inspired glory. Until then, Rogers fans can return to the friendly, musical world of his neighborhood with the recent documentary [_Won’t You Be My Neighbor?_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7681902/) which tracks his career as a formative character in the American imagination. > [](https://twitter.com/SonyPictures/status/1045386352122970113) People seem quite happy with this first look at Hanks, too. > [](https://twitter.com/Ryan%5FRedbeard/status/1045390086219714560) > [](https://twitter.com/elkmovie/status/1045388622223089664) > [](https://twitter.com/calitrav/status/1045387795424927744) > [](https://twitter.com/Cool2bCorgi/status/1045388540253818886) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5408993/tom-hanks-as-fred-rogers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5408993/tom-hanks-as-fred-rogers/"},"headline":"America's Dad Tom Hanks Will Now Welcome You to the Neighborhood in Mister Rogers Photo","datePublished":"2018-09-27T20:12:43.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T17:21:24.000Z","description":"America's Dad has transformed into America's favorite TV host","url":"https://time.com/5408993/tom-hanks-as-fred-rogers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5408993/tom-hanks-as-fred-rogers/","name":"America's Dad Tom Hanks Will Now Welcome You to the Neighborhood in Mister Rogers Photo"}}]}] ```