Question: In what year did Tom Hanks attach to this project?
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With "Nothing in Common" (1986) – about a young man alienated from his parents who must reestablish a relationship with his father, played by Jackie Gleason – Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor but of someone who could carry a serious role.
"It changed my desires about working in movies," Hanks told "Rolling Stone".
"Part of it was the nature of the material, what we were trying to say.
But besides that, it focused on people's relationships.
The story was about a guy and his father, unlike, say, "The Money Pit", where the story is really about a guy and his house.
"After a few more flops and a moderate success with "Dragnet", Hanks succeeded with the fantasy comedy "Big" (1988), both at the box office and within the industry.
The film established Hanks as a major Hollywood talent.
It was followed later that year by "Punchline", in which he and Sally Field co-starred as struggling comedians.
Hanks's character, Steven Gold, a failing medical student trying to break into stand-up, was somewhat edgy and complex.
Hanks' portrayal of Gold offered a glimpse of the far more dramatic roles Hanks would master in films to come.
Hanks then suffered a pile of box-office failures: "The 'Burbs" (1989), "Joe Versus the Volcano" (1990), and "The Bonfire of the Vanities" (1990), as a greedy Wall Street type who gets enmeshed in a hit-and-run accident.
Only the 1989 movie "Turner & Hooch" brought success for Hanks during this time.
In a 1993 issue of "Disney Adventures", Hanks said, "I saw "Turner & Hooch" the other day in the SAC store and couldn't help but be reminiscent.
I cried like a baby."
He did admit to making a couple of "bum tickers," however, and blamed his "...deductive reasoning and decision making skills."
"Turner & Hooch" gained a favorable response from critics, with a 62% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it was a box office success.
No plans remain for a sequel despite its revived popularity following Hanks' rise to success.
NBC did a television pilot based on the film in 1990.
It aired in the summer with another dog pilot, "Poochinski" under the banner, "Two Dog Night".
"Turner & Hooch" has been referred to in various films and television shows, including the NBC/ABC medical sitcom "Scrubs", in which main characters J.D.
and Turk modify shift schedules so that Doctors Turner and Hooch are teamed up as a surgical team in the episode "My Faith in Humanity" (Doctor Turner was played by Jim Hanks, Tom Hanks' brother).
They actually make a good team, and are disappointed when they have to disband.
Another episode has Turk offended at JD's assumption that Turner and Hooch was an interracial buddy movie, an assumption made based on the aforementioned Hooch.
In the second season of "Castle", Beckett and Castle compare themselves to Turner and Hooch, with Castle being Hooch.
During an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", O'Brien gave Tom Hanks a preserved dog skeleton, claiming it was his old friend Hooch.
As one of O'Brien's first guests on "The Tonight Show", Hanks improvised a song from an alleged "Turner & Hooch" stage musical.
During the 2006 Academy Awards, Tom Hanks played in a sketch about acceptance speeches that ran on too long.
In his comedic lengthy speech, he thanked Hooch In Tom's Screen Test for Toy Story They took a line from this film which was Woody telling a Dog (Not Seen) not to eat Eben's Car from Tin Toy and instead of doing what Turner did he dropped down to his knees and was pounding the ground saying Oh You Stupid Dog. 
Hanks family.
Maternal and paternal relationship theories.
Nancy's mother, Lucy, is related to the Hanks, either through birth or marriage.
Nancy's grandparents are believed to be Ann ("Nannie") and Joseph Hanks of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, VA.
They are said to have raised her from infancy until about nine years of age when her grandfather died.
The question is whether Nancy is related to the Hanks on her paternal or maternal side.
Maternal side - The prevailing theory today is that Nancy's mother's maiden name was Lucy Hanks, the daughter of Joseph and Ann Hanks, and thus was born illegitimate.
Author John Y. Simon writes: “… the evidence is strong that Lincoln himself thought his mother was illegitimate.
He had grown up with this crowd of Hanks people, many of them illiterate, and some of them quite likely to give birth without getting married first.
He saw this as a kind of stain on himself, and he was troubled by it.’ Abraham Lincoln believed his mother was illegitimate.
According to Lincoln's partner, William Herndon, Lincoln had confessed that his mother, "Nancy Hanks", was illegitimate.
In a day when there was a strong stigma against illegitimacy, Abraham wrote about his mother in his campaign biography: … He Lincoln married Nancy Hanks – mother of the present subject Lincoln – in the year 1806.
She was also born in Virginia; and relatives of hers of the name of Hanks, and other names, now reside in Coles, in Macon, and in Adams Counties, Illinois, and also in Iowa.
Nancy's cousin Dennis Hanks asked that Nancy be called "Nancy Sparrow" and not Nancy Hanks.
(Lucy and her sister Elizabeth, who raised Nancy and Dennis, did not marry the Sparrow men until years after Nancy was born.)
His concern was that Nancy Hanks would be thought by others to be "base-born" or illegitimate if she was known as Nancy Hanks.
According to William E. Barton in the "Life of Abraham Lincoln" and Michael Burkhimer in "100 Essential Lincoln Books", Dennis Hanks tried to cover up the illegitimacy to protect Abraham and Nancy's reputation.
A challenge to the theory that Lucy was born to Joseph and Ann Hanks is that she was not included in Joseph Hank's will, which was probated May 14, 1793 in Nelson County, Kentucky.
By the time of Joseph's death, though, she was the only daughter to have given birth to an illegitimate child, and may have been disinherited as a result.
Paternal side - another theory is that Nancy's mother, Lucy Shipley, married James Hanks, son of Joseph Hanks.
After James Hank's death, Lucy moved to Kentucky to live with relatives or, by 1791, Nancy lived with Lucy's sister Rachel and brother-in-law, Richard Berry, Sr. Joseph Hanks has also named as Nancy's father.
This seems to be a confusion about multiple Nancy Hanks in the same family.
Joseph Hanks had a daughter named Nancy, who gave birth to an illegitimate child, Dennis Hanks in 1799 and married Levi Hall.  
Electric City is an award-winning, animated, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, web series published through Yahoo!.
It was released July 17, 2012 and for now contains 20 short episodes totaling 90 minutes in length.
Erin McPherson, vice president and head of video for Yahoo, claims this is a first project in what will be known as online digital blockbusters.
The series stars the voices of Tom Hanks, Holland Taylor, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Antoon, Chris Parnell, Joey Kern, Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Georg Stanford Brown.
Created by Tom Hanks, the series begins after the world has ended.
Electric City represents peace and security in the midst of rubble.
Even though it seems to be an orderly utopia, there are still secrets, back-alley dealings, daring chases and murder.
The episodes are available to view for free on Yahoo.com.
Episodes continue to be available to purchase through apps for iOS and Android devices. 
Hanks turned to directing with his 1996 film "That Thing You Do!"
about a 1960s pop group, also playing the role of a music producer.
Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman went on to create Playtone, a record and film production company named for the record company in the film.
Hanks executive produced, co-wrote, and co-directed the HBO docudrama "From the Earth to the Moon".
The twelve-part series chronicles the space program from its inception, through the familiar flights of Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, to the personal feelings surrounding the reality of moon landings.
The Emmy Award-winning project was, at US$68 million, one of the most expensive ventures taken for television.
Hanks' next project was no less expensive.
For "Saving Private Ryan" he teamed up with Steven Spielberg to make a film about a search through war-torn France after D-Day to bring back a soldier.
It earned the praise and respect of the film community, critics, and the general public.
It was labeled one of the finest war films ever made and earned Spielberg his second Academy Award for direction, and Hanks another Best Actor nomination.
Later in 1998, Hanks re-teamed with his "Sleepless in Seattle" co-star Meg Ryan for "You've Got Mail", a remake of 1940's "The Shop Around the Corner".
In 1999, Hanks starred in an adaptation of the Stephen King novel "The Green Mile".
He also returned as the voice of Woody in "Toy Story 2."
The following year he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a marooned FedEx systems analyst in Robert Zemeckis's "Cast Away".
In 2001, Hanks helped direct and produce the acclaimed HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers".
He also appeared in the September 11 television special "" and the documentary "Rescued From the Closet".
Next he teamed up with "American Beauty" director Sam Mendes for the adaptation of Max Allan Collins's and Richard Piers Rayner's graphic novel "Road to Perdition", in which he played an anti-hero role as a hitman on the run with his son.
That same year, Hanks collaborated with director Spielberg again, starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit crime comedy "Catch Me If You Can", based on the true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr.
The same year, Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson produced the hit movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".
In August 2007, he along with co-producers Rita Wilson and Gary Goetzman, and writer and star Nia Vardalos, initiated a legal action against the production company Gold Circle Films for their share of profits from the movie.
At the age of 45, he became the youngest ever recipient of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on June 12, 2002.
In 2004, he appeared in three films: The Coen brothers' "The Ladykillers", another Spielberg film, "The Terminal", and "The Polar Express", a family film from Robert Zemeckis.
In a "USA Weekend" interview, Hanks talked about how he chooses projects: ""A League of Their Own", it can't be just another movie for me.
It has to get me going somehow...
There has to be some all-encompassing desire or feeling about wanting to do that particular movie.
I'd like to assume that I'm willing to go down any avenue in order to do it right".
In August 2005, Hanks was voted in as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Hanks next starred in the highly anticipated film "The Da Vinci Code", based on the best-selling novel by Dan Brown.
The film was released May 19, 2006 in the US and grossed over US$750 million worldwide.
He followed the film with Ken Burns's 2007 documentary "The War".
For the documentary, Hanks did voice work, reading excerpts from World War II-era columns by Al McIntosh.
In 2006, Hanks topped a 1,500-strong list of 'most trusted celebrities' compiled by "Forbes" magazine.
Hanks next appeared in a cameo role as himself in "The Simpsons Movie", in which he appeared in an advertisement claiming that the U.S. government has lost its credibility and is hence buying some of his.
He also made an appearance in the credits, expressing a desire to be left alone when he is out in public.
Later in 2006, Hanks produced the British film "Starter for Ten", a comedy based on working class students attempting to win "University Challenge".
In 2007, Hanks starred in Mike Nichols's film "Charlie Wilson's War" (written by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin) in which he plays Democratic Texas Congressman Charles Wilson.
The film opened on December 21, 2007, and Hanks received a Golden Globe nomination.
In 2008's "The Great Buck Howard", Hanks played the on-screen father of a young man (Hanks' real-life son, Colin Hanks) who chooses to follow in the footsteps of a fading magician (John Malkovich).
Tom Hanks' character was less than thrilled about his son's career decision.
Hanks' next endeavor, released on May 15, 2009, was a film adaptation of "Angels & Demons", based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown.
Its April 11, 2007, announcement revealed that Hanks would reprise his role as Robert Langdon, and that he would reportedly receive the highest salary ever for an actor.
The following day he made his 10th appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", impersonating himself for the "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch.
Hanks is producer of the Spike Jonze film "Where The Wild Things Are", based on the children's book by Maurice Sendak.
In 2010, Hanks again reprised his voice role of Woody in "Toy Story 3", after he, Tim Allen, and John Ratzenberger were invited to a movie theater to see a complete story reel of the movie.
In 2011, he directed and starred opposite Julia Roberts in the title role in the romantic comedy "Larry Crowne".
The movie has received generally bad reviews with only 35% of the 175 Rotten Tomatoes reviews giving it high ratings.
Also in 2011, he starred in the drama film "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close".
In 2012, he voiced the character Cleveland Carr for a web series he created entitled "Electric City".
In 2013, Hanks starred with Barkhad Abdi in the film "Captain Phillips", based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking as Captain Richard Phillips, and played Walt Disney in the film "Saving Mr. Banks", costarring Emma Thompson and Colin Farrell, and directed by John Lee Hancock.
Hanks is the first actor to portray Disney in film.
He is ranked as the highest all time box office star with over $3.639 billion total box office gross, an average of $107 million per film.
He has been involved with seventeen films that grossed over $100 million at the worldwide box office, the highest grossing of which was 2010's "Toy Story 3".
As of 2012, Hanks' films have grossed over $4.2 billion at the United States box office alone, and over $8.5 billion worldwide making him the highest all time box office star.