Tom Hanks is absolutely perfect as Mister Rogers in new movie trailer

Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers
Photo credit Sony Pictures via CNN
By Marianne Garvey, CNN
(CNN) -- Just in time for a Monday, Sony has released the first trailer for the upcoming film about the late Fred Rogers, "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

Marielle Heller ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?") directs the film.

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" aired for 31 seasons before coming to an end in 2001.

Rogers died in 2003.

"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" is slated to release in October 2019.

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