Hello, neighbor. At last, the first trailer for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a true story about TV icon Mister Rogers, has arrived. In the film, Tom Hanks—a national treasure in his own right—plays the children’s-show host, bearing a strong resemblance to Rogers and nailing his soft, slow cadence.

The film, directed by Marielle Heller, isn’t a straight biopic, but rather an adaptation of a 1998 Esquire profile of Rogers, written by journalist Tom Junod. At the time, Junod was skeptical about the near-saintly TV figure, whose show was a well of hope, teaching children lessons about everything from the importance of being kind to the truth about mortality. Junod, played in the film by Matthew Rhys, goes deep into Rogers’s personal life, learning more about the host, observing his rituals (swimming, praying for his viewers, taking late-afternoon naps) and coming around to the realization that Fred Rogers was the real deal.

“He’s a guide for how to slow yourself down and connect with what’s true in your heart, your kindness, your patience, and your goodness,” Heller said about Rogers in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. “Having his voice in my head for the past two years while I’ve been making this movie has made me a better parent.”

The film was shot on-location in Pittsburgh, just like the real Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and even filmed in the actual studio where the show was made, Heller said. That made it all the more surreal when Hanks showed up in his costume to play the part of the TV host. “We’re so used to [seeing] Fred in that world, to see somebody else inhabit it, it takes a moment for your mind to flip,” she said. “His performance is so powerful that, a few seconds later, you forget, and it’s gone.”

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, cowritten by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, will hit theaters this November.

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