Tom Hanks May Star in In the Garden of Beasts

Tom Hanks' Playtone production company is set to produce the film version of Erik Larson's bestseller In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal has picked up the film rights and Hanks' could possibly star as well as produce.

More on In the Garden of Beasts from Erik Larson's site: "With this new book, I invite you to journey to Berlin during Hitler's first year in power, 1933, in the company of a real-life father and daughter from Chicago who suddenly found themselves transported to the heart of the city. They had no conception of the harrowing days that lay ahead. At the time, nothing was certain--Hitler did not yet possess absolute power, and few outsiders expected his government to survive. The family encountered a city suffused with energy and optimism, with some of the most striking, avant-garde buildings in the world. Its theaters, concert halls, and cafés were jammed; the streets teemed with well-dressed attractive people. But my two protagonists were about to begin an education that would change them forever, with ultimately tragic consequences.

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Tom Hanks May Star in In the Garden of Beasts originally appeared on About.com Hollywood Movies on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 at 07:20:10.

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