Tom Hanks, Tom Twyker reunite for "Hologram for the King"

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Tom Hanks is set star in the film adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel “Hologram For the King” with his “Cloud Atlas”director Tom Tykwer helming.

X Filme Creative Pool producers Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott and Tykwer are teaming up with Hanks and Gary Goetzman from Playtone to produce the movie.

The story is set in a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, where a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do something great.

The book was a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. CAA, which reps Hanks and Tykwer, is arranging financing for the project.

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