Still, he's grateful it's going to be seen. "I'm actually thrilled that Apple TV is making it possible for everybody to see it," Hanks said on the TODAY show on July 7. "This is a magnificent gift that’s come to us because of Apple. Because COVID-19 did something heartbreaking to us all: It closed down the theaters. We don't have the cinema. There isn't anybody that doesn't like going to see a good movie with 800 other people and coming out with something in common."