{"product_id":"b9780525655596","title":"THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE HC (Backorder, Allow 4-5 Weeks)","description":"NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.\"Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable.\" —Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay AlivePart One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for twenty-three years.Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie.Cue the cast: We meet the film’s extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer\/director, the producer, the gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera.Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the story—all created by Tom Hanks himself—including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel’s \"major motion picture masterpiece.\"","brand":"KNOPF DOUBLEDAY PUBLISHING GROUP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41265675567162,"sku":"9780525655596","price":58.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/6609\/9002\/files\/9780525655596.jpg?v=1772192694","url":"https:\/\/comicbookeroo.com\/products\/b9780525655596","provider":"Comicbookeroo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}