Tom Hanks Once Again Eyed For Geppetto Role In Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ Remake

Kevin Hart revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 several months ago. The 41-year-old comedian talked about his diagnosis while performing at Dave Chappelle’s comedy show "An Intimate Socially Distanced Affair" in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Saturday.

Kevin Hart had coronavirus "around the same time as Tom Hanks". The 'Jumanji: The Next Level' star has confirmed he tested positive for the infectious virus earlier this year, but didn't say anything at the time because Hollywood megastar Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson had just come forward with their diagnosis.

Kevin Hart revealed that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic.“The problem is that I had it around the same time as Tom Hanks,” the Jumanji: The Next Level star, 41, said during his stand-up set at Dave Chappelle’s comedy show An Intimate Socially Distanced Affair in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Saturday, August 22, per Page Six.

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Tom Hanks is one of the most popular stars in Hollywood, and has enjoyed an incredible career as both an actor and director. The father-of-four showed an interest in performing from a young age, and although he was shy, he would star in productions during his time at school.

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Bryan Cranston and his wife Taylor Dearden, who both contracted COVID-19, enjoyed a dinner date with Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson after both couples recovered from the coronavirus.At the end of July, the Breaking Bad star revealed he had contracted and recovered from COVID-19 and, in a virtual interview segment on Live with Ryan and Kelly on Tuesday, he opened up about the experience, sharing he had spoken to Hanks, who was among the first stars to go public with his coronavirus diagnosis,

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Tom Hanks is set for yet another nice-guy role in Disney and director Robert Zemeckis’ live-action Pinocchio revamp.The Oscar winner, who is known as the nicest man in Hollywood, is in early negotiations to play the titular puppet boy’s father, Geppetto.Disney bosses wanted Hanks for the role of the woodworker when Paul King was attached to direct, but the actor’s schedule didn’t allow for the project at the time.Deadline sources claim Hanks has now seen the script and he and director Zemeckis h

Tom Hanks is in early talks to star in the upcoming live-action retelling.The casting would serve as the latest collaboration with Robert Zemeckis, who directed Hanks in 2004's The Polar Express, 2000's and 1994's , for which Hanks won the Oscar for Best Actor and Zemeckis took home Best Director.Disney has been working on a live-action take on the animated classic since 2015, with a number of directors reportedly in the mix before landing on Zemeckis.

Tom Hanks is currently in talks to join the live action Pinocchio film.

Deadline reported that, after reading the script, Hanks reached out to director Robert Zemeckis, 68, to express his interest in being in the film. The pair have a decades-long working relationship — both won Oscars for their work on 1994’s “Forrest Gump,” which Zemeckis directed.Disney has long been gunning to cast Hanks as the wood-carving Italian father in a reimagining of the classic story of the wooden puppet boy.

Dave McNary Film ReporterTom Hanks is in early negotiations to play Geppetto in Disney’s live-action version of “Pinocchio.”Variety first reported in 2018 that Robert Zemickis was on board to direct the project, the latest in a long line of live-action remakes of its animated movies such as “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King.”The project would reunite Zemeckis and Hanks, who have previously worked together on 1994’s “Forrest Gump,” 2000’s “Cast Away” and 2004’s “The Polar