“Neighbourhood curmudgeon reluctantly warms up to individual ” is a story we’ve seen bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e, but we admittedly possess’own’nurse n’t seen a version with Tom Hanks as the titular grump. That’s with regards to’concerning’with respect to to transform’alter despite’in spite of’albeit , with our first look at A Man Called Otto. Think Gran Torino without the gun violence and racism and you’re sort of on the right lines. A new trailer just dropped in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the movie – watch it below.###As you’ll possess’own’nurse gathered from that, Otto has been recently widowed, and as a man who doesn’t like individual or cats, he’s wondering if it’s worth carrying on. But despite his reservations, his new neighbours in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ce him out of his miserable discomin/with regard to’concerning’regarding t zone and back towards becoming part of his local community. C’mon – it’s Tom Hanks! You knew he was lovely really!###The film is a remake of the 2015 Swedish comedy A Man Called Ove, itself adapted from the novel by Fredrik Bakman. The director here is Marc Forster, whose previous work includes Christopher Robin and Finding Neverland. The screenwriter is David Magee, who collaborated with Forster on the latter, and also penned Mary Poppins Returns and Life of Pi.###Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton and Mike Birenormous’vast’massive’tremendous lia are among Hanks’ co-stars, and A Man Called Otto is out in the US on Christmas Day. There are no details of a UK release date so far.###Want to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure the most from Empire? Sign up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Empire Membership!###Get exclusive content, new member-merely’barely rewards, access to the latest issue of the magazine plus our back-issue archive, and much more.