Tom Hanks’ sci-fi movie Bios dated for 2020
UNIVERSAL Pictures has dated Tom Hanks’ sci-fi story Bios for Oct 2, 2020, along with giving horror-thriller The Turning aFeb 22 launch and canine drama A Dog’s Journey for May 17, 2019.
Hanks stars in Amblin Entertainment’s Bios as the last man on Earth who builds a robot to keep his beloved dog safe. As the trio embarks upon an epic cross-country journey, the scientist must teach his creation to become “human” enough to take care of its charge... and the beloved pet to accept a new master.
Bios is directed by Miguel Sapochnik from a script by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell. Producers are Kevin Misher, as well as ImageMovers’ Jack Rapke and Jackie Levine. Robert Zemeckis, Luck, Sapochnik, and Andy Berman serve as executive producers. Universal Pictures will distribute in the US and in select international territories.
DreamWorks Pictures’ The Turning is set in a mysterious estate in the Maine countryside, where a newly appointed nanny is charged with the care of two disturbed orphans.
Inspired by Henry James’ novella, the haunted-house thriller is directed by Floria Sigismondi and stars Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project), and Joely Richardson. The script is written by Chad and Carey Hayes and Jade Bartlett. Producers are Roy Lee and Scott Bernstein.
A Dog’s Journey is based on a book in the bestselling series by author W. Bruce Cameron as a follow-up to A Dog’s Purpose.
The family film, told from the dog’s perspective, is directed by Gail Mancuso and again produced by Gavin Polone. Mancuso directs from an adapted screenplay by Cameron and Cathryn Michon and Wally Wolodarsky and Maya Forbes, based on the book by Michon.