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=== 2020–present === [[File:Baz Luhrmann, Eva Rinaldi (2), Olivia Dejonge, Austin Butler,Tom Hanks (52123990193).jpg|thumb|right|[[Baz Luhrmann]], [[Olivia DeJonge]], [[Austin Butler]], and Hanks at the premiere of ''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]'' (2022)]] On April 11, 2020, Hanks made his first television appearance since his [[COVID-19]] diagnosis by hosting ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12/media/saturday-night-live-snl-coronavirus/index.html|title= 'SNL' kicks off with Tom Hanks as host and sketches from home amid the coronavirus|website= CNN|date= April 12, 2020|access-date= April 12, 2020}}</ref> Hanks delivered an opening monolog via his house but did not appear in any of the sketches. This is the first episode of ''SNL'' to debut after the show's hiatus due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]; it features different sketches filmed remotely from the cast members' homes. This is also a first in ''SNL'' history, for the show to be made up entirely of prerecorded content before airing, and the second to not be filmed at [[Studio 8H]]. Hanks had two films released in 2020. Hanks starred in ''[[Greyhound (film)|Greyhound]]'', a war film which he also wrote the screenplay for.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theplaylist.net/tom-hanks-captain-now-ww2-destroyer-greyhound-20160909/ |title=Tom Hanks Is The Captain Now (Of A WW2 Destroyer In 'Greyhound') |website=theplaylist.net |date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |first=Oliver |last=Lyttelton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/tom-hanks-greyhound-release-date-change-overcomer-kendrick-brothers-opening-date-1202401609/|title='Greyhound' Release Date Changes Again As Sony Moves Tom Hanks WWII Pic To March—Update|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> Initially set to be theatrically released in June 2020 by [[Sony Pictures]], due to the COVID-19 pandemic, distribution rights to the film were bought by [[Apple TV+]], where it was released in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/greyhound-july-10-release-date-apple-tv-plus-wwii-tom-hanks-1202956998/|title=Apple TV+ Sets July 10 Release For WWII Tom Hanks-Starrer 'Greyhound'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=June 12, 2020}}</ref> He reunited with Paul Greengrass for the [[Western (genre)|Western]] ''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/paul-greengrass-news-of-the-world-with-tom-hanks-1203129867/|title=Paul Greengrass Circling 'News of the World' With Tom Hanks (EXCLUSIVE)|first1=Brent|last1=Lang|date=February 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/tom-hanks-news-of-the-world-release-date-1203348857/|title=Tom Hanks' Historical Drama 'News of the World' Gets Release Date|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=September 25, 2019}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praised Hanks' performance: "Hanks has built a career out of playing thoroughly decent men, so his casting here is entirely to type. But the soulfulness and sorrow, the innate compassion that ripple through his characterization make this an enormously pleasurable performance to watch, with new depths of both kindness and regret that keep revealing themselves."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/news-of-the-world-film-review|title= 'News of the World': Film Review|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> In 2021, Hanks starred in the science fiction drama ''[[Finch (film)|Finch]]'', directed by [[Miguel Sapochnik]],<ref name="Oct2017V">{{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Justin Kroll, Brent |title=Tom Hanks to Star in Sci-Fi Film 'Bios' From 'Game of Thrones' Director (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/tom-hanks-sci-fi-film-bios-1202599035/ |access-date=October 27, 2017 |work=Variety |date=October 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thegww.com/tom-hanks-post-apocalypse-flick-bios-to-shoot-february-march-in-vancouver/ |title=Tom Hank's Post-Apocalypse Flick 'Bios To Shoot February–March In Vancouver |date=August 22, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |first=Christopher |last=Marc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/tom-hanks-sci-fi-movie-bios-moves-to-2021-1202958422/|title=Tom Hanks Sci-Fi Movie 'Bios' Moves To 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=June 12, 2020|access-date=June 12, 2020}}</ref> and released by [[Apple TV+]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr|date=May 3, 2021|title=Apple Lands Another Tom Hanks Film; 'Finch', Formerly Titled 'Bios', To Likely Release In Awards Season|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/apple-acquires-tom-hanks-finch-formerly-bios-awards-season-1234748776/|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en-US}}</ref> On March 2, 2022, [[Connor Ratliff]] appeared as a guest on ''[[Late Night with Seth Meyers|Late Night With Seth Meyers]],''<ref>{{Citation |title=Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Highlight: Connor Ratliff Confronted Tom Hanks About Firing Him for His "Dead Eyes" - NBC.com |date=March 3, 2022 |url=https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/connor-ratliff-confronted-tom-hanks-about-firing-him-for-his-dead-eyes/447173658 |language=en-US |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> where he revealed that Hanks would at last be interviewed for the season three finale of Ratliff's podcast ''[[Dead Eyes]]''. The conversation between Hanks and Ratliff took place 22 years after Ratliff was about to begin filming an episode of ''Band of Brothers'', when he was subsequently fired, allegedly because Hanks believed Ratliff had "dead eyes". The 90 minute interview was hailed as a momentous achievement in podcasting, a "rare show that gives you a perfect conclusion",<ref name="vulture1">{{cite web |last=Quah |first=Nicholas |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Dead Eyes Should Interview Tom Hanks Every Week |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/03/dead-eyes-tom-hanks-interview-podcast-review.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> "surprisingly funny and empathetic",<ref name="vulture1"/> and an event [[Paul Scheer]] called "thrilling".<ref>{{Citation |title=Dead Eyes Conner Ratliff on Thursday's with Rob & Paul | date=March 19, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPaNRNjqX98 |language=en |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> [[File:Normandy American Cemetery ahead of the 80th D-Day Ceremony in Normandy, France, June 6, 2024 - 14.jpg|thumb|left|Hanks at the 80th [[D-Day]] Ceremony in [[Normandy]], France in 2024]] Hanks had three films released in 2022. He first starred as [[Colonel Tom Parker|Tom Parker]], the manager of [[Elvis Presley]], in [[Baz Luhrmann]]'s ''[[Elvis (2021 film)|Elvis]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |date=March 28, 2019 |title=Tom Hanks to Play Elvis Presley's Manager in Baz Luhrmann's Next Film (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/tom-hanks-elvis-presley-manager-baz-luhrmann-1203121035/}}</ref> Shooting commenced in the beginning of 2020 in [[Queensland, Australia]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |date=July 15, 2019 |title=Baz Luhrmann Sets Austin Butler In Starmaking Elvis Presley Role Opposite Tom Hanks In Warner Bros Film |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/austin-butler-elvis-presley-movie-baz-luhrmann-tom-hanks-colonel-tom-parker-warner-bros-1202646290/}}</ref> and the film was released in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=April 20, 2020 |title='The Batman' Flies To Fall 2021, 'Sopranos' Prequel Moves To March & More As Warner Bros Makes Release Date Changes Due To COVID-19 Climate |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-batman-sopranos-prequel-tom-elvis-presley-movie-warner-bros-release-dates-changes-coronavirus-1202912605/ |access-date=June 12, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> Hanks next film was portraying [[Geppetto]] in [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios']] [[Pinocchio (2022 live-action film)|live-action adaptation]] of ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tom-hanks-geppetto-disneys-pinocchio-1203022180/ |title=Tom Hanks Circling Geppetto Role in Disney's Live-Action 'Pinocchio' |first1=Justin |last1=Kroll |date=November 29, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> His involvement in the film, which was directed by his longtime collaborator Zemeckis, was officially confirmed in December 2020,<ref>{{cite web|title='Pinocchio' With Tom Hanks, 'Peter Pan and Wendy' to Skip Theaters for Disney Plus|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pinocchio-disney-plus-debut-1234850503/|work=Variety|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref> and released on September 8, 2022, by [[Disney+]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=May 31, 2022 |title='Pinocchio' Live-Action Remake Premiere Date Set on Disney+ |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/pinocchio-premiere-date-disney-plus-1235281371/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602004523/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/pinocchio-premiere-date-disney-plus-1235281371/ |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |access-date=June 2, 2022 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Hanks' final film of the year was ''[[A Man Called Otto]]'', an English-language remake of the Swedish film ''[[A Man Called Ove (film)|A Man Called Ove]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/tom-hanks-man-called-ove-marc-forster-rita-wilson-comedy-movie-1234914185/|title=Marc Forster To Direct Tom Hanks In 'A Man Called Ove' With SF Studios, Rita Wilson & Playtone Producing David Magee Script|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> In 2023, Hanks appeared in [[Wes Anderson]]'s ''[[Asteroid City]]'', starring alongside [[Jason Schwartzman]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Adrien Brody]], [[Jeffrey Wright]] and [[Bryan Cranston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tom-hanks-wes-andersons-feature-exclusive-1234990834/|title= Tom Hanks Joins Wes Anderson's Next Film (Exclusive)|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 30, 2021|access-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2023 Cannes Film Festival]] to mixed reviews,<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-scarlett-johnasson-tom-hanks-cannes-margot-robbie-1234739049/|title= Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' Has Sharply Divided Cannes|website= [[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|date= May 24, 2023|accessdate= June 17, 2023}}</ref> and was released in June 2023. HBO confirmed in January 2013 that it was developing a third World War II [[Masters of the Air|miniseries]] based on the book ''Masters of the Air'' by [[Donald L. Miller]] with Hanks and Spielberg, to follow ''Band of Brothers'' and ''The Pacific''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Guthrie |first=Marisa |date=January 18, 2013 |title=HBO Developing Third WWII Miniseries with Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hbo-developing-third-wwii-miniseries-413632 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' reported in March 2017 that production was progressing under the working title ''[[Donald L. Miller#Masters of the Air|The Mighty Eighth]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=March 1, 2017 |title=Production progresses on reported Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries 'The Mighty Eighth' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/the-mighty-eighth-filming-spielberg-tom-hanks-1998119 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |work=[[NME]]}}</ref> On October 11, 2019, it was announced that the series would keep the title from the book and that the miniseries would stream on [[Apple TV+]] due to budget constraints at HBO. ''Masters of the Air'' was expected to cost $200 million with a duration of at least eight hours.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=October 11, 2019 |title=Apple Enlists For 'Masters Of The Air' As Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman Fly From HBO For WWII Series |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/apple-masters-of-the-air-steven-spielberg-tom-hanks-gary-goetzman-wwii-limited-series-don-miller-1202757249/ |access-date=October 11, 2019 |website=Deadline |language=en}}</ref> The series premiered on January 26, 2024. In October 2024, a feature adaptation of [[Richard McGuire]]'s graphic novel ''[[Here (2024 film)|Here]]'' was released reuniting Hanks with ''Forrest Gump'' co-star [[Robin Wright]] and director [[Robert Zemeckis]].<ref name="Fleming">{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/forrest-gump-trio-tom-hanks-robert-zemeckis-eric-roth-team-on-here-graphic-novel-adaptation-1234956407/|title=Hot Package: 'Forrest Gump' Trio Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Eric Roth Team For Graphic Novel Adaptation 'Here'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 17, 2022}}</ref> Hanks attended the ''[[Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special]]'' where he acted in the [[Black Jeopardy]] sketch reprising his role as Doug.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/snl-50-review-saturday-night-live-50th-1235096373/|title= 'SNL50' Review: 'Saturday Night Live's' 50th Was a So-So Show That Wasn't Really for Us|website= [[IndieWire]]|accessdate= February 22, 2025}}</ref> Hanks is attached to star in an adaptation of the 2011 non fiction book ''[[In the Garden of Beasts]]'' from director [[Joe Wright]] about American diplomat [[William Dodd (ambassador)|William Dodd]]'s time in Nazi Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/tom-hanks-man-called-ove-marc-forster-rita-wilson-comedy-movie-1234914185/|title=Marc Forster To Direct Tom Hanks In 'A Man Called Ove' With SF Studios, Rita Wilson & Playtone Producing David Magee Script|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/joe-wright-in-the-garden-of-beasts-tom-hanks-1203154721/|title=Joe Wright to Direct World War II Drama 'In the Garden of Beasts' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|date=March 4, 2019|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref>
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