Tom Hanks Attached to Star In and Produce THE CIRCLE, the Film Adaptation of the New Dave Eggers Book

How prescient. Tom Hanks is attached to
produce, along with his Playtone partner Gary
Goetzman , the film adaptation of the new Dave
Eggers novel The Circle. While there’s no firm
confirmation that Hanks will star in the film, it’s
very much being touted as a starring vehicle for
the actor so he’s attached in that capacity as
well.
The rights to the project, adapted for the screen
by James Ponsoldt ( The Spectacular Now) go on
the bidding block this Wednesday, brokered by
both UTA and CAA. And the material actually
sounds quite interesting. Definitely appropriate
for an era where we use our fingerprints to pay
for things. Hit the jump for more on The Circle .
Deadline broke the news that Tom Hanks is
involved in the project. Here’s the official
synopsis for the The Circle :
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle,
the world’s most powerful internet company, she
feels she’s been given the opportunity of a
lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling
California campus, links users’ personal emails,
social media, banking, and purchasing with their
universal operating system, resulting in one online
identity and a new age of civility and
transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office
spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the
cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work,
she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and
activity. There are parties that last through the
night, there are famous musicians playing on the
lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and
brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish
retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO.
Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to
work for the most influential company in the
world—even as life beyond the campus grows
distant, even as a strange encounter with a
colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at
the Circle becomes increasingly public. What
begins as the captivating story of one woman’s
ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-
racing novel of suspense, raising questions about
memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the
limits of human knowledge.