These Exciting New Details About the Mister Rogers Biopic Already Have Us Weeping

The film will focus on the the real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and award-winning journalist Tom Junod. Junod and Rogers got to know one another when the journalist wrote a profile on the star for Esquire magazine in 1998.

Back in January, director Marielle Heller opened up about bringing Fred Rogers's life to the big screen, and shared why she believes the film is much needed in the current social climate, telling Variety: "This is the perfect alchemy of talent coming together at the perfect time to remind us all of the transformative power of kindness and respect to heal and to unite."