Hanks keeps Julia with Larry Crowne

Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts team up once again, this time with Hanks behind the camera in the upcoming comedy entitled Larry Crowne. Deadline Hollywood reports that Hanks will play the title character, a man forced to reinvent himself and find a new career as he navigates the second act of his life. After the sequel, Angels & Demons, came out into theaters last summer, a lot of speculation started to arise as to what Tom Hanks would be doing next, and here you have it.

Initial filming will commence in April, with Gary Goetzman producing under Playtone. The last time that Tom Hanks jumped into the director’s chair for a feature length film was for That Thing You Do! which was released all the way back in 1996, so this has come as more of a surprise that he’s doing it once again. Roberts will next be seen in the romantic comedy Valentine’s Day while Hanks will be lending his voice once again to the toy Woody in Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3.