Hanks In The Garden Of Beasts

Tom Hanks is keen on turning Erik Larson’s World War II non-fiction best-seller In the Garden of Beasts into a film says The Hollywood Reporter.

The book tells the true story of US Ambassador William Dodd in 1933 Berlin, whose daughter became romantically involved with several high-ranking members of the Third Reich. Initially naive about Nazi Germany the Dodd family came to understand that violent fascism indeed lay beneath Adolf Hitler's eroding nationalism.

Hanks would produce the pic with  Gary Goetzman but may also take the starring role as well.

The project continues Hanks' interest in World War II that has seen him produce the Emmy-winning miniseries Band of Brothers, The Pacific and star in 1998's Saving Private Ryan as Capt. John H. Miller.