NEWS OF THE WEEK: Tom Hanks' 'wildly ambitious' debut novel set for release in 2023

The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece will drop next year. According to The Guardian, The Forrest Gump star’s first book has been given a U.S. and U.K. release date of 9 May. The plot will cover 80 years of story time, leading to a film’s opening Described by its publisher Penguin Random House as “wildly ambitious”, The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece follows the creation of a “colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film”.Tom, 66, said in a statement: “Movie making is very hard work over a very long period of time..."