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Tom Hanks Paired with Sandra Bullock in ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’

Cameras roll on "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" as it heads from the page to the big screen.

Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s acclaimed novel “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.” The film stars Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks, and is being directed by Stephen Daldry (The Reader, The Hours) and produced by Scott Rudin (The Social Network, True Grit).

“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” also stars Thomas Horn, making his acting debut as 11-year-old Oskar Schell, an exceptional child with an off-kilter world view and a daunting mission ahead of him.

Oskar is convinced that his father (Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can’t be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father’s closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.

Shooting entirely in New York, Daldry directs the film from a screenplay by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, The Insider). Celia Costas (Doubt, Closer) serves as executive producer with Mark Roybal (Doubt) and Nora Skinner (The Reader).

Also starring in the film are James Gandolfini as Ron, a new friend of Oskar’s mom; Zoe Caldwell as the boy’s grandmother; Max von Sydow as the man renting a room from Oskar’s grandmother, who befriends Oskar and accompanies him on his quest; and Viola Davis and Jeffrey Wright as a couple whose own tenuous relationship has a profound effect on Oskar.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Chris Menges (The Mission, The Killing Fields); production designer K.K. Barrett (Where the Wild Things Are); and costume designer Ann Roth (The English Patient).

“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” is currently scheduled for release in 2011 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

11 Comments on Tom Hanks Paired with Sandra Bullock in ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’

  1. PLEASE WATCH KAYO NG IMORTAL MAKE IT AGAIN AS NUMBER 1 SUPER GANDA NAMAN A... PLEASE // March 4, 2011 at 8:49 pm //

    malungkot ako kasi mas late timeslot na ang imortal last priority talaga ang imortal but for me the best parin yan imortal para sa akin number 1 yan sa puso ko at hindi ako bibitiw sana kayo rin please.$$$$

  2. IMORTAL pang hollywood talaga // March 3, 2011 at 3:44 pm //

    I really loved imortal last night astig grabe nakaka loka to abs-cbn tapusin nyo na ang lahat huwag lang ang imortal or else mag bubuycot kami sa inyo promise yan dont dare us lahat kami nag hihintay ng imortal super galing talaga as in grabe wow na wow astig. from bacolod and cebu city…..&&&&

  3. IMORTAL pang hollywood talaga // March 3, 2011 at 3:20 pm //

    I really loved imortal last night astig grabe nakaka loka to abs-cbn tapusin nyo na ang lahat huwag lang ang imortal or else mag bubuycot kami sa inyo promise yan dont dare us lahat kami nag hihintay ng imortal super galing talaga as in grabe wow na wow astig. from bacolod and cebu city…..%%

  4. alex g: How would you equate a Decline in Ads, Cheap Awards, Flop Movie Gross & Poor Artists' Endorsements, from a high ratings (daw!?) claimed by gozon? // March 3, 2011 at 12:38 pm //

    Cheating & Data Tampering (c/o AGB), Desperate Publicities (c/o PEP), Mind Conditioning, Rating Manipulations, etc.

  5. alex g: Did you know that gma7 was always the first channel that SIGNS-OFF the tv? Did you also know that AGB Nielsen Media Research has a pending case here & abroad? // March 3, 2011 at 12:38 pm //

    Early Signing-Off, Cost Cutting, Debt Increase & Financial Crisis. Words that best describes gma right now.

  6. alex g: Kapit-Tuko tlga si gozon sa ratings, "FOREVER". TALUNAN kasi sa Ads, Awards, Movies at Artists' Endorsements. // March 3, 2011 at 12:37 pm //

    Boboserye, Flopserye, Peryaserye at ngayon Pokpokserye. telebabad na walang ka-kwenta-kwentang palabas.

  7. alex g: to gma, sinisingil na kayo ng KARMA. Wala kasing ibang ginawa kundi ang "Desperate Self-Proclaim Publicity" & "Ratings Manipulation", mapa Ads, Awards o Movies, TALUNAN, "FOREVER". // March 3, 2011 at 12:37 pm //

    Tigilan na ang Pandaraya (c/o AGB & PEP) para d kayo ma-KARMA, “FOREVER”.

  8. alex g: PANIC na masyado si gozon, SELF-PROCLAIM EFFECT ang drama. TALUNAN na nga sa lahat ng bagay, Tinanggal na nga sa KBP, at may gana pang magtayo ng gma news tv, ambisyoso. // March 3, 2011 at 12:37 pm //

    “Self-Proclaim Effect”, heto ang paraan ng gma para i-promote ang sarili, aside from Ratings Manipulation.

  9. alex g: "Walang kinikilingan, walang pinoproteksyonan, walang kasinungalingan, walang bahid pulitika, serbisyong totoo lang, PERO NASUSUHULAN NG PERA PARA GUMAWA NG COMMERCIALS (how stupid). // March 3, 2011 at 12:37 pm //

    PERA lang pala katapat ng gma news anchors/reporters para gumawa ng commercials, nawala tuloy prinsipiyo (baliw).

  10. alex g: Valentines Box Office King pala ah, ni wala nga kasabay na Filipino movie eh, 36.21M in 2 weeks lang!? (as compared to BULONG with 64.28M). May "Divine Intervention" pa raw, sabi ni mother lily (how stupid). // March 3, 2011 at 12:36 pm //

    “Napakahirap na ng buhay ngayon, kaya for a movie to make over P135 million in 3 days is a miracle. Divine intervention ito”.

    -lily monteverde (baliw).

  11. have you watched IMORTAL last night?? super ganda promise // March 3, 2011 at 11:06 am //

    I really loved imortal last night astig grabe nakaka loka to abs-cbn tapusin nyo na ang lahat huwag lang nag imortal or else mag bubuycot kami sa inyo promise yan dont dare us lahat kami nag hihintay ng imortal super galing talaga is in grabe wow na wow astig….

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