Top billed cast

1. 

   Tom Hanks

   Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd

2. 

   Helena Zengel

   Johanna Leonberger

3. 

   Michael Angelo Covino

   Almay

4. 

   Ray McKinnon

   Simon Boudlin

5. 

   Mare Winningham

   Doris Boudlin

6. 

   Elizabeth Marvel

   Mrs. Gannett

7. 

   Fred Hechinger

   John Calley

8. 

   Bill Camp

   Mr. Branholme

9. 

   Thomas Francis Murphy

   Mr. Farley

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2026-05-14

Paul Greengrass's News of the World is a handsomely mounted Western that looks and sounds like it has something to say, but ultimately settles for surfaces. Tom Hanks stars as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a Civil War veteran who travels through post-Reconstruction Texas reading newspapers aloud to scattered townspeople. When he encounters Johanna (Helena Zengel), a 10-year-old girl taken and raised by the Kiowa, he agrees to return her to her remaining family. The journey that follows is beautifully shot, impeccably acted, and frustratingly thin, a film that gestures toward complexity but refu...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$38,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,700,000.00

Keywords

• newspaper
• based on novel or book
• texas
• horse
• native american
• shootout
• orphan
• american civil war
• civil war veteran
• horse and wagon
• 19th century
• injured horse