For the first time, a trailer has brought me to tears.
I can’t wait to see that movie.
I grew up a little too early to watch Mr. Rogers - the kids I babysat for watched it, not me - but I went to school with someone who was, in real life, a neighbor of Mr. Rogers, who said Mr. R was every bit as lovely in real life as on TV. And I love Tom Hanks. So what’s not to like?
Also, I’m told that the real Fred Rogers loved the National Lampoon Mr. Rogers meets a bass player routine. How charming is that?
I was born in 68, I grew up with Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street.
I have also been a fan of Tom Hanks since Bosom Buddies, I was 12.
This could REALLy be something.
If anyone was going to play Mr. Rogers, it was going to be Tom Hanks.
On a similar topic, I’m still loving this meme.
Oh here, have some more tears:
Fred Rogers, Lifetime Achievement Emmy Acceptance Speech
Hanks certainly got the look and demeanor right, but I found his voice slightly distracting at first. It felt a bit like an SNL sketch; I kept waiting for the jokes to start coming out. 
Hopefully this joins the small club of blockbuster movies that don’t prominently feature sex or violence…
Did you see the recent documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? about him?
I visited the Mr. Rogers display at the Heinz Museum in Pittsburgh earlier this year. That was rather touching too.
Hanks doesn’t look all that much like Rogers, but who else could play him?
Christopher Walken.
Seriously - could you imagine?
I was wondering just how many real-life people Tom Hanks has played, as it seems like a lot. (Googling, though, it doesn’t seem to be a record number.)
Eddie Murphy?
Jim Parsons could pull it off, looks wise. I don’t know who else could bring as much heart as Hanks, though.
I felt like there was a little too much of his Forrest voice seeping through a couple times in the trailer. Other than that, I’m really looking forward to seeing this.
I feel like this movie has the potential to keep audiences choked up for two hours straight. Just a theater full of ugly cries.
It was excellent. I found the bit about him weighing 143 pounds every day of his adult life fascinating, especially with the “I love you” connection.
That is quite a silly choice as Eddie Murphy is only 5 foot 9.
There does seem to be some drama…some gravity…in this film.
The interviewer states, "You love “broken” people…like me."
Can you just imagine being counceled by Fred Rogers, in person?
According to the Wikipedia article, the movie is based on this article from Esquire by Tom Junod, so the interviewer talking about “broken people” might be him. (It’s a nice article, by the way. I think I first heard about it here, in a previous thread on Fred Rogers.)
I think that everyone in the world was a neighbor of Mr. Rogers.
But I just had a dark thought about Tom Hanks taking on the role… Does this mean that we’re going to have a scene with Mr. Rogers peeing?
I don’t know if the Calvinists have saints but I’m pretty sure the ELCA has adopted St. Fred. Pope Frankie should get to know him, too.