Tom Hanks is going to space again
Tom Hanks is collaborating to write and narrate the multi-part space exhibition in London.
Charso Press: According to Deadline, actor Tom Hanks, winner of 2 Oscars, will be the writer and narrator of an art exhibition in London about the adventures of the Apollo space missions. Hanks will co-write the content for the exhibition, which will be held at London’s Lightroom, with two-time BAFTA-nominated writer Christopher Riley.
This exhibition titled “Moon Walkers” is directed and designed by the “Productions 59” team, which had previously created projects with the same theme.
The exhibition will feature original NASA footage of the lunar landing and images from the classic photography book by Andy Saunders, who is a consulting producer on the project. Hanks will also interview astronauts from NASA’s Artemis program for the exhibit.
Actor Forrest Gump played the lead role in Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13, which received nine Oscar nominations. He also serves on the board of directors of the National Space Association and has been honored by the Space Foundation. In 1998, Hanks produced the miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon” for HBO and co-wrote the script for the 3D film “Walking on the Moon”.
“When I was growing up when man went to the moon for the first time, the Apollo missions fascinated me and I dreamed of traveling with the astronauts, and then I had the chance to work on several projects that represented the breathtaking scale of going to the moon,” Hanks said. do
He added: “Lightroom’s extraordinary and unique production capabilities allow me to create, alongside Christopher Riley, what we believe to be the most exciting story of humanity’s extraterrestrial journey to date, including a unique insight into time.” Let me state the next step in which humans will step. The Moon: Missions of Artemis.