Tom Hanks's Bios gets a new release date

Hollywood star Tom Hanks starrer Bios' release has been delayed. The sci-fi movie earlier scheduled to hit theatres on October 2, 2020, will now come out on April next year.

Washington: Veteran actor Tom Hanks starrer sci-fi adventure movie Bios has relocated its date of release and is now set to hit the theatres on April 16, 2021.

Bios was previously fixed for a theatrical release on October 2, 2020.

The forthcoming movie will see the Oscar-winning actor as a "man who is determined to ensure that his beloved canine companion will be cared for after he's gone," cited The Hollywood Reporter.

In the film, he stars as Finch, a robotics engineer and one of the few survivors of a cataclysmic solar event that has left the world a wasteland.

But Finch, who has been living in an underground bunker for decades, has built a world of his own that he shares with his dog Goodyear.

Bios is directed by Miguel Sapochnik and Universal is distributing the flick per its deal with Amblin.

Meanwhile, the Forrest Gump actor's much-anticipated war drama Greyhound is set to make its global debut on July 10, this year.

With inputs from ANI.