Hollywood
veteran
actor
Tom
Hanks
says
he
is
heartbroken
that
his
film
Greyhound,
which
he
has
also
produced
and
adapted
for
the
screen
from
CS
Forester's
novel
The
Good
Shepherd,
will
not
release
in
theatres.
It
was
announced
last
month
that
the
World
War
II
drama
will
debut
on
Apple
TV
Plus
on
July
10,
after
Sony
Pictures
locked
a
worldwide
rights
deal
with
the
streaming
platform,
due
to
the
uncertainty
over
the
COVID-19
theatre
closures.
Hanks,
who
has
previously
written
films
like
That
Thing
You
Do!
and
Larry
Crowne,
said
Greyhound
is
special
as
he
spent
almost
a
decade
working
on
the
screenplay,
which
he
believes
deserves
to
be
seen
on
the
big
screen.
"My
ego
has
run
rampant...
and
it's
all
over
the
picture!" he
said
about
penning
the
movie.
He
further
added
that
the
change
in
release
plans
of
the
Aaron
Schneider-directed
film
is
"an
absolute
heartbreak".
"I
don't
mean
to
make
angry
my
Apple
overlords,
but
there
is
a
difference
in
picture
and
sound
quality,"
Hanks
told
The
Guardian.
Set
in
the
early
days
of
World
War
II,
the
story
follows
an
international
convoy
of
37
allied
ships,
led
by
Captain
Ernest
Krause
(Hanks),
as
it
crosses
North
Atlantic
while
being
hotly
pursued
by
packs
of
Nazi
Uis
-boats.
The
63-year-old
actor
said
after
playing
captain
in
Apollo
13,
Saving
Private
Ryan,
Captain
Phillips
and
Sully
he
has
realised
the
importance
of
making
the
characters
look
"palpable" and
not
a
"museum
piece".
"I've
played
a
lot
of
captains.
Capt
Jim
Lovell,
Capt
Richard
Phillips,
Capt
Sully
Sullenberger,
Capt
Miller.
But
I
try
to
bring
to
any
of
these
roles,
and
specifically
to
Ernie
Krause,
the
question
anyone
could
ask,
including
you,
Hadley:
'What
would
I
do
if
I
was
in
his
shoes?'",
he
said.
"Then
it
ends
up
being
something
more
palpable
than
a
museum
piece
of
what
it
was
like
to
be
on
this
ship
in
the
North
Atlantic," Hanks
added.
Greyhound
is
a
part
of
the
ever-growing
list
of
films,
which
were
originally
slated
for
a
theatrical
release,
but
opted
for
the
digital
route
after
the
Coronavirus
pandemic
resulted
in
movie
theatres
remaining
closed
across
the
globe.
Scoob,
Trolls
World
Tour,
The
King
of
Staten
Island,
The
Lovebirds,
Artemis
Fowl,
My
Spy
and
Bad
Trip,
have
all
had
a
digital
premiere.