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In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.


“Find where you belong.”
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.

Tom Hanks
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd

Helena Zengel
Johanna Leonberger

Michael Angelo Covino
Almay

Ray McKinnon
Simon Boudlin

Mare Winningham
Doris Boudlin

Elizabeth Marvel
Mrs. Gannett

Fred Hechinger
John Calley

Bill Camp
Mr. Branholme

Thomas Francis Murphy
Mr. Farley

Gabriel Ebert
Benjamin Farley
News of the World is a drama, western, adventure film released in 2020 exploring themes of newspaper, based on novel or book, texas, horse, native american, shootout. Directed by Paul Greengrass, it stars Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Michael Angelo Covino. A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
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