Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass, with Greengrass and co-writer Luke Davies (
Lion) adapting Paulette Jiles best-selling book of the same name for the screen.
Helena Zengel as Johanna and Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd in News of the World
Saddling up for the journey ahead, Netflix says: Set five years after the end of the American Civil War, Hanks plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran of three wars who 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.