Tom Hanks to Develop Wright Brothers Series for HBO

Tom Hanks and his PlayTone production company have picked up the rights to a new book called The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Hanks will produce and help develop a miniseries based on the book for HBO.

According to Deadline, the film will tell true story of Wilbur and Orville Wright, “who sold and repaired bicycles out of an Ohio shop to pay for their passion: the invention of flying machines that ushered in the aeronautical age right after the turn of the 20th Century. In 1903 on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the brothers changed history by successfully flying the first heavier-than-air-powered machine that carried a pilot.”

I’m a big fan of Hanks, and the guy has brought nothing but greatness with the HBO projects that he develops. This seems like a perfect fit for him. This is the second time he has taken on a project that came from a book by McCullough. PlayTone also produced the series John Adams, which the author also wrote. The other series that Hanks has produced include Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and From the Earth to the Moon.

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