A few months ago, Tom Hanks started shooting Larry Crowne, in which he stars alongside Julia Roberts, and which also marks his first feature directorial assignment since That Thing You Do in 1996. However, while we've known it's about a middle-aged man who's forced to reinvent himself and find a new career, that's been about it.
Now, thanks to marketing efforts at the American Film Market, the first pic from the film has surfaced (see above) over at Collider, along with a fuller synopsis, so take a look at that below.
When appealing everyman LARRY CROWNE (Tom Hanks) is inexplicably fired from his job as a big box store clerk, he realizes it’s time for some meaningful change in his life. Deeply in debt and without direction, he returns to college where he befriends a group of scooter-riding students and eventually develops a real affection for his beautiful speech class instructor, MERCEDES TAINOT (Julia Roberts).
Charming and smart, LARRY CROWNE reminds us of life’s small surprises. Sometimes clouds really do have a silver lining. It’s also about the power of new beginnings like the time Larry Crowne, an ordinary man with a gentle heart, was forced to downsize his world…and ended up expanding his life.
Larry Crowne should be in cinemas next summer. The film also stars Taraji P. Henson, Bryan Cranston, George Takei, Peter Scolari, Cedric the Entertainer, and Nia Vardalos.