Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have released the trailer for the upcoming Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run) film A Hologram for the King, which is set to premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film, based on the novel by Dave Eggers, stars Tom Hanks as a businessman who heads to Saudi Arabia in order to sell his 3D hologram technology to the king.
While this film may be worth checking out, the trailer leaves a bit to be desired, especially the odd choice of voiceover used.
A Hologram for the King will open in theaters April 22nd, 2016.
Cultures collide when an American businessman (Tom Hanks) is sent to Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. Baffled by local customs and stymied by an opaque bureaucracy, he eventually finds his footing with the help of a wise-cracking taxi driver (Alexander Black) and a beautiful Saudi doctor (Sarita Choudhury).
