Tom Hanks’ Fred Rogers film coming in 2019

The Fred Rogers drama You Are My Friend starring Tom Hanks as the beloved television host is coming to theatres in late 2019.

Sony Pictures says on Wednesday that the film will be released in the US on October 18, 2019.

The story is inspired by the real-life friendship between Rogers and journalist Tom Junod.

Marielle Heller, who made the well-reviewed coming-of-age drama Diary of a Teenage Girl, is directing the film.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, inspiring a PBS special, a postage stamp and a feature-length documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor, which hits theatres on June 8.