Fresh off an Oscar-friendly release date announcement, the first image from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -- the Stephen Daldry-directed adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's heartbreaking 9/11 aftermath novel -- has arrived with Mr. Oscar, Tom Hanks, front and center. For those of you still suffering from PTSD after Larry Crowne, fear not! The following photo does not involve a scooter, Dockers pants or a bucket helmet. Just a kid and his dad.
Close follows a 10-year-old (former Jeopardy! Kids Week champion Thomas Horn, pictured above) who, after losing his father (Hanks) on 9/11, goes on a journey across New York to find a lock-box that his dad left him the key to while his mother (Sandra Bullock) grieves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gets a limited release on Dec. 25 before expanding nationally on Jan. 20.
[via Hitfix]