Newcomer Helena Zengel joins Tom Hanks' 'News of the World'

Child actor Helena Zengel is set to star opposite veteran Hollywood star Tom Hanks in upcoming movie "News of the World". Paul Greengrass is directing the film, which is based on the best-selling 2016 novel by Paulette Jiles.

According to Variety, the book is set in the days following the Civil War and revolves around the unlikely friendship between Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a precursor to today's newscasters, and the 10-year-old girl (Zengel) he is tasked with bringing to her relatives. Luke Davies wrote the first draft of the script, with Greengrass penning a more recent version.

Production on the project is expected to start later this year.

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