Focus Features released the first trailer for Won’t You Be My Neighbor, a documentary on the life of Fred Rogers, the creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
Watch the trailer below.
About this documentary:
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor will hit select theaters on June 8.
Back in late January, it was announced Tom Hanks had landed the lead in You Are My Friend, the Fred Rogers biopic is set to begin production in September.
Credit: Jim Judkis / Focus Features
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood ran from 1968 to 2001 for 898 episodes. Rogers passed away in 2003 at the age of 74.
Try to read the lyrics to the show without singing them.
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
It’s a neighborly day in this beautywood,
A neighborly day for a beauty,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,
I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.
So let’s make the most of this beautiful day,
Since we’re together, we might as well say,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my neighbor?
Won’t you please,
Won’t you please,
Please, won’t you be my neighbor?
