Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Paul Greengrass's News of the World (2020), starring Tom Hanks, Neil Sandilands, Michael Angelo Covino, Chukwudi Iwuji, and Helena Zengel. The two releases will be available for purchase on March 23.
Synopsis: Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a widower and veteran of three wars, now moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe.
In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna (Helena Zengel, System Crasher), a 10-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier and raised as one of their own. Johanna, hostile to a world she's never experienced, is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will.
Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.
News of the World is directed by Greengrass (the Bourne films, United 93) from his screenplay with Luke Davies (Lion), based on the National Book Award finalist and best-selling novel by Paulette Jiles. The film is produced by Gary Goetzman (Mamma Mia! franchise, Greyhound), Gail Mutrux (The Danish Girl, Donnie Brasco) and Gregory Goodman (22 July, 8 Mile). The executive producers are Steven Shareshian and Tore Schmidt. The film's music is by eight-time Academy AwardŽ nominee James Newton Howard.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio Commentary by Paul Greengrass
Deleted Scenes
Partners: Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel
Western Action - feaurette
Paul Greengrass Makes News of the Words - Featurette
The Kiowa - Featurette
Optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles for the main feature