It’s a rare thing for a movie to end up in the theaters without me realizing it well in advance.  Yet that’s exactly what’s happened with A Hologram for the King, the newest flick starring Tom Hanks.  I’ve known about the film’s existence for a while, that it was in production.  It’s based on a recent novel by Dave Eggers, who is one of my favorites.  Here’s the trailer.

Hanks is an interesting choice for the lead role: he plays a fish out of water well.  The last half of he trailer, though, makes me think that the movie will make a romance out of what seemed as less than that in the book.  The trailer feels a little bit like Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with Tina Fey, which walked an odd line between comedy and drama.  We’ll see how the finished product plays out.