{
  "id": 1985853,
  "title": "Warner Bros Locking Down Film Rights To Allen Levi Bestseller ‘Theo Of Golden’ With Tom Hanks To Star",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/warner-bros-locking-down-film-rights-to-allen-levi-bestseller-theo-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T17:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/theo-of-golden-movie-tom-hanks-1237045316/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Pictures is in negotiations for the feature film rights to Allen Levi’s breakout novel Theo of Golden, a word-of-mouth juggernaut bestseller that has established the first-time author as a publishing phenomenon as he nears 70. Deal is being papered I’m told, and Tom Hanks is in talks to play the title character. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}