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<p>]NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; It&#8217;s a beautiful day in this neighborhood for Tom Hanks, who&#8217;ll star as Mister Rogers in the upcoming biopic &#8220;You Are My Friend.&#8221;</p><p>TriStar Pictures announced Monday it has acquired worldwide rights to the film, to be directed by &#8220;The Diary of a Teenage Girl&#8221; filmmaker Marielle Heller.</p><p>The film will focus on the friendship between the host of &#8220;Mister Rogers&#8217; Neighborhood&#8221; and journalist Tom Junod. Junod reluctantly agreed to profile Fred Rogers only to find &#8220;his perspective on life transformed.&#8221;</p><p>Production will begin in September, with a 2019 release expected.</p><p>The role will surely add to the America&#8217;s Dad image of Hanks, who gave a very Rogers-like opening monologue while hosting &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; before the 2016 presidential election, swapping his jacket for a sweater and giving America a pep talk.</p><p>Rogers died in 2003 at age 74.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, actor Tom Hanks poses for photographers at the premiere of &quot;The Post&quot; in London. It&#x2019;s a beautiful day in this neighborhood for Tom Hanks. The actor will star as Mr. Rogers in the upcoming biopic &#x201c;You Are My Friend.&#x201d; TriStar Pictures announced Monday, jan. 29, 2018,  that it has acquired worldwide rights to the film, to be directed by &#x201c;Diary of a Teenage Girl&#x201d; filmmaker Marielle Heller. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/A, File)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/web1_119700091-c8b54a5b1a4a4078ae8d7588d4312325.jpg</photo0><caption0>FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, actor Tom Hanks poses for photographers at the premiere of &quot;The Post&quot; in London. It&#x2019;s a beautiful day in this neighborhood for Tom Hanks. The actor will star as Mr. Rogers in the upcoming biopic &#x201c;You Are My Friend.&#x201d; TriStar Pictures announced Monday, jan. 29, 2018,  that it has acquired worldwide rights to the film, to be directed by &#x201c;Diary of a Teenage Girl&#x201d; filmmaker Marielle Heller. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/A, File)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By JAKE COYLE</p><p>AP Film Writer</p></bylineMeta></div>

Won’t you be his neighbor? Tom Hanks to play Mister Rogers