Tom Hanks sure
likes his triple venti latte. The actor is attached to
star in How Starbucks Saved My Life, a
nonfiction book proposal by Michael Gates Gill that was sold
to Universal. Gus Van Sant is in negotiations to
direct. Hanks will produce with Playtone partner Gary
Goetzman. The story centers on an older ad exec who
loses his job and family and has to go to work at Starbucks
to pay the bills. He befriends the young manager and
learns about life and love.
Gill is a
nonfiction writer and speaker who cowrote Fired Up! The
Dramatic Truth of What It Really Takes to Move
From Fearful Employee to Successful, Fired Up
Entrepreneur. Van Sant is attached to direct
The Time Traveler's Wife at New Line. His
credits include 2005's Last Days. (Borys Kit,
Reuters)