The first trailer with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts has arrived for the upcoming Universal Pictures romantic comedy Larry Crowne.
Synopsis: Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts reunite for a dramatic comedy about how the hard knocks from today's recession inspire one everyday guy to undergo a personal reinvention: Larry Crowne.
Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he's worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked all trying to find a better future for themselves…often moving around town in a herd of scooters. In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband.
The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might discover your reason to live.
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in Larry Crowne
Tom Hanks, Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson in Larry Crowne
Tom Hanks and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Larry Crowne
Additional cast include Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Rami Malek, George Takei, Grace Gummer, Rita Wilson, and Jon Seda. The film is directed by Tom Hanks.
Larry Crowne is scheduled to hit theaters on July 1st, 2011.