Gus Van Sant may
direct Tom Hanks in Starbucks

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)