Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, and Eric Roth Team to Adapt Richard McGuire’s Here

The trio behind Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, and Eric Roth, are reteaming to adapt Richard McGuire‘s graphic novel Here. Hanks will star, Zemeckis will direct, from a script by Roth and Zemeckis. The trio won Oscars for their work on Forrest Gump.

Here was published in 2014 by Pantheon Books and focuses on one room and the many people who have inhabited it over the years, from the past to the distant future. The story spans hundreds of thousands of years.

The graphic novel was praised when released and began as a 6-page release in Raw Volume 2 #1 in 1989. It’s considered a groundbreaking experiment and went on to influence creators such as Chris Ware.