Greyhound gets a surprise sequel update as a filming start and plot details have been revealed. Written by and starring Tom Hanks, the World War II film follows an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander leading an Allied convoy of warships being stalked by German submarines during the Battle of the Atlantic, with the cast also including Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, and Elisabeth Shue. Greyhound was released on Apple TV+ in 2020 and, after becoming one of their biggest movies ever, a sequel entered development in 2022. 49166

Oscar-winning streaming giant Apple has announced that a sequel to the 2020 WWII film Greyhound, which starred Tom Hanks, is currently in development. Greyhound is based on the 1955 novelThe Good Shepherd by author C.S. Forester. The story takes place months after the U.S. officially entered World War II and centers around a commander of the US Navy as he leads an escort group to defend Allied merchant ships under attack by German submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942. Alongside Hanks, the film also featured Elizabeth Shue (The Karate Kid), Stephen Graham (Venom: Let There Be Carnage), and Rob Morgan (Don't Look Up).

The new Tom Hanks WWII Navy film Greyhound has been garnering generally favorable reviews across the board it was released on July 10, 2020. The film currently boasts a 79% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes to go along with a 7.1/10 IMDB rating, and 63/100 Metascore.

Amidst all the films forgoing the theater reason in favor of VOD, Greyhound is one of the larger-scale projects. The film stars Tom Hanks, who also wrote the script for this World War II drama. Hanks plays the commanding officer of a military convoy of ships crossing the Atlantic without air .

Tom Hanks' Greyhound isn't based on a true story, but it was inspired by a real historical event. It's no secret Hanks has a ion for stories about the second World War. Three years after he teamed up with Steven Spielberg on the Oscar-winning WWII drama Saving Private Ryan in 1998, Hanks and Spielberg produced Band of Brothers, a miniseries about the "Easy Company" of the U.S. Army and their operations during the war. The pair would later reunite for a companion miniseries titled The Pacific (which follows U.S. marines as they fight in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater), and are currently developing a third installment called Masters of the Air (a miniseries about the Eighth Air Force of the U.S. Army in WWII).

In a piece he wrote for Empire Magazine about his new film Greyhound (which he both scripted and stars in), Tom Hanks explained his continuing fascination with stories about WWII, saying they touch upon timeless issues of "heartbreak and worries of I don't know." Inadvertently, Hanks may've also pinpointed the biggest problem with the project: it's more interested in teaching viewers about Naval warfare and the challenges of early radar than exploring its protagonist's self-doubt and insecurities. And while the movie's sea battles are elegantly staged by cinematographer-turned director Aaron Schneider (helming his second feature here, more than ten years after his acclaimed debut with Get Low), the absence of a compelling character throughline makes it difficult to become emotionally invested in their outcome. What you end up with is a better history lesson than drama, in spite of the obvious care with which Hanks brings the story of Greyhound to life.

Tom Hanks is disappointed his latest film, Greyhound, is heading to Apple TV+ instead of theaters. The WWII film stars Hanks as Commander Ernest Krause, the leader of an Allied convoy crossing the Atlantic while being attacked by a Nazi submarine wolf pack. Greyhound has endured a long journey to release, as it was once scheduled for March 2019. However, Sony opted to move Greyhound to May 2020, which proved to be a far costlier move. The coronavirus pandemic has sent shockwaves through the 2020 release calendar, as just about every major movie since March has been delayed or otherwise impacted. Around the time of Greyhound's May release date, it was announced that the film would skip theaters and instead stream exclusively on Apple TV+ starting this Friday.

Apple has announced Tom Hanks' WWII naval drama Greyhound will be released on Apple TV+ in July. Directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay, Greyhound follows a U.S. Navy Commander during the Battle of the Atlantic, which took place in 1942, just after the U.S. officially entered WWII.

Tom Hanks' WWII movie Greyhound is skipping theaters due to the coronavirus pandemic and will premiere on Apple TV+ instead. As the global health crisis continues, studios have been forced to make dramatic changes to their release slates. In most cases, they've elected to move the films they originally had scheduled for this spring and summer to a later date, in the hopes theaters will be reopen for business by then. However, a few of them have decided to send those movies straight to streaming instead, beginning with Universal's Trolls World Tour.

There are several 2020 movies that have been delayed which would perform much better if they released on a streaming service instead of in theaters. Because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, studios have opted to either push their movies to the end of 2020 or into 2021. However, for smaller films that may not do well competing with bigger releases, those studios have chosen to offload them onto streaming platforms. Recently, Artemis Fowl, The Lovebirds, and Beastie Boys Story were all announced to be released on a streaming service.