Tom Hanks boards Wes Anderson’s next film

Tom Hanks will enter the jewel-box world of Wes Anderson. The Oscar-winning “Forest Gump” star will play a cameo role in the director’s next, as-yet untitled effort.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 65-year-old actor will have a minor role in the movie.

He will be joining a cast of heavyweights that includes Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray and Adrian Brody. It marks the first collaboration between Hanks and Anderson. That’s remarkable given how Hanks has sought out top auteurs over his decades in the business, previously collaborating with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Jonathan Demme, Paul Greengrass, Robert Zemeckis and the Coen Brothers.

Though the details of the plot haven’t been revealed, the new movie will be shot in Spain.

Anderson is best known directing critically-acclaimed features such as ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’, ‘Moonrise Kingdom’, ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’.

The film, which comes from Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures, features an ensemble cast of Benicio del Toro, Lea Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothee Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Owen Wilson, Murray, Brody and Swinton.

It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the US on October 22, 2021.

Hanks was most recently seen in ‘News of the World’. He will next star in Amblin’s sci-fi feature ‘Finch’, Baz Luhrman’s Elvis Presley musical movie and Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Pinocchio’.