News of the World (2020) - Video Detective

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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.

Original Release

12/25/2020

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Cast

Name	Character

Tom Hanks	Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd / Captain Kidd
Helena Zengel	Johanna Leonberger / Johanna
Neil Sandilands	Wilhelm Leonberger
Thomas Francis Murphy	Merritt Farley / Mr. Farley
Chukwudi Iwuji	Charles Edgefield
Francheska Bardacke	Wichita Falls Spectator
Christopher Hagen	Old Man Durand
J. Nathan Simmons	Citizen of Red River
Cynthia Casaus	Actor
Brenden Wedner	Young Progressive Speaker

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Paul Greengrass

Writers

Paul Greengrass, Luke Davies, Paulette Jiles

Cast

Name	Character

Tom Hanks	Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd / Captain Kidd
Helena Zengel	Johanna Leonberger / Johanna
Neil Sandilands	Wilhelm Leonberger
Thomas Francis Murphy	Merritt Farley / Mr. Farley
Chukwudi Iwuji	Charles Edgefield
Francheska Bardacke	Wichita Falls Spectator
Christopher Hagen	Old Man Durand
J. Nathan Simmons	Citizen of Red River
Cynthia Casaus	Actor
Brenden Wedner	Young Progressive Speaker
Michelle Campbell	Female Townsfolk
Bob Knowlton	Army Lieutenant Moostache
David Hight	Cowboy
Stephanie Hill	Wichita Falls Townslady / Red River Townslady
Winsome Brown	Anna Leonberger
Randy Ritsema	Red River Rancher
Cheo Tapia	Village Vendor
Michael E. Stogner	Citizen of Durand
Michael Toby Sanchez	San Antonian
Fred Hechinger	John Calley

Producers

Name	Role

Tore Schmidt	Executive Producer
Steve Shareshian	Executive Producer
Tom Hanks	Producer
Elizabeth Gabler	Producer
Gary Goetzman	Producer
Gregory Goodman	Producer
Gail Mutrux	Producer
Tore Schmidt	Producer
Eric Heffron	Producer
Amy Lord	Producer
Emily Evans-Thirlwell	Producer