{"id":104582,"date":"2012-09-14T03:23:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T10:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=104582"},"modified":"2012-09-13T17:24:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T00:24:44","slug":"tom-hanks-will-host-killing-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/09\/14\/tom-hanks-will-host-killing-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks Will Host Killing Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several outlets are reporting the news that Tom Hanks will headline the TV movie \u2018Killing Lincoln\u2019 that is being adapted from the book of Bill O&#8217;Reilly.  In the Nat Geo production Hanks will play host and narrator of the story that will showcase both CGI effects and \u201chistorical archive material\u201d, per Variety.  <\/p>\n<p>Talking about his new role in \u2018Killing Lincoln\u2019 Hanks stated, \u201cIt&#8217;s odd to say the killing of Abraham Lincoln is an unknown story, but it may as well be.\u201d  Adding, \u201cThe depth of the intrigue, the breadth of the conspiracy and the bare-naked exposure of human nature is so timeless, it&#8217;s a wonder how that seminal tragedy in our history could ever be explained in a few sentences: \u2018Ford&#8217;s Theater\u2026 John Wilkes Booth,\u2019 etc.  The murder of Lincoln is not a passage of our history \u2014 it was a signpost of our American character, then, now and forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hanks join director Adrian Moat of \u2018Gettysburg\u2019 fame and actors Billy Campbell in the title role, Jesse Johnson as John Wilkes Booth, and Geraldine Hughes in the role of Mary Todd Lincoln.  The Ridley Scott and Tony Scott Free Production will air in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/tom-hanks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/tom-hanks.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Hanks\" title=\"Tom Hanks\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-104588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/tom-hanks.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/tom-hanks-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several outlets are reporting the news that Tom Hanks will headline the TV movie \u2018Killing Lincoln\u2019 that is being adapted from the book of Bill O&#8217;Reilly. In the Nat Geo production Hanks will play host and narrator of the story that will showcase both CGI effects and \u201chistorical archive material\u201d, per Variety. 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