I saw that and was going to post that here.
I think it is great and cannot think of anyone better to play Mr. Rogers than Tom Hanks.
"The story will reportedly focus on the real-life friendship between Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. When the cynical journalist reluctantly accepts an assignment to do a profile on the TV personality, he quickly finds his perspective on life changed during the process."
Tom Junod wrote this article on Mr. Rogers that is available online:
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a27134/can-you-say-hero-esq1198/According to the link on Fox news, they are going to be releasing a documentary titled “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”. It made its debut at the Sundance film festival and is set to release by Focus Features. It will chronicle Rogers’ rise to fame as the host of an educational show for children in which he invited the characters in his neighborhood to come over, chat, learn and teach.