This article was originally published in 2016 and has been updated with subsequent Tom Hanks films, including Here. You might say there’s a unified theory of Hanks. The actor contains multitudes but is always Tom Hanks.

Funnily enough, the author of the Forrest Gump book, (yes the film was based on a book) Winston Groom, did go on to write a sequel book following the success of the film, entitled Gump and Co. Tom Hanks and Robin Wright have delighted fans by reuniting for a new Robert Zemeckis film (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for AFI)

Tom Hanks suggests that audiences are moving beyond VFX-driven comic book films, seeking stories with deeper meaning

Legendary director Robert Zemeckis explains why Here, his new movie starring Tom Hanks, is possibly the most difficult film he's ever made.

"Here" is here. And Robert Zemeckis' latest technologically innovative drama stars his "Forrest Gump" team of Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, this time embodying a couple living in a house. The angle of the shot never changes - it's inside the living of a stately home,