▁include ▁Rog ers ' ▁wife ▁Jo anne , ▁Mr . ▁Mc Fe ely ▁actor ▁David ▁New ell , ▁Family ▁Communic ations ▁head ▁Bill ▁Is ler , ▁and ▁M ister ▁Rog ers ' ▁Ne igh bor hood ▁producer ▁Mar gy ▁Whit mer ▁who ▁appear ▁as ▁customers ▁in ▁a ▁restaurant ▁that ▁Rog ers ▁and ▁Lloyd ▁meet ▁in . ▁Ar sen io ▁Hall ▁and ▁Op rah ▁W inf rey ▁make ▁un cred ited ▁appearances ▁in ▁archive ▁foot age ▁of ▁talk ▁shows ▁that ▁Lloyd ▁watch es ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁and ▁Fred ▁Rog ers ▁appears ▁in ▁archive ▁foot age ▁of ▁his ▁show ▁during ▁the ▁ending ▁cred its , ▁singing ▁the ▁song ▁" You ' ve ▁Got ▁to ▁Do ▁It ". ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Sony ' s ▁Tri Star ▁Pictures ▁had ▁bought ▁the ▁world wide ▁distribution ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁film ▁You ▁Are ▁My ▁Friend , ▁a ▁bi ographical ▁film ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁Es quire ▁magazine ▁article ▁about ▁television ▁person ality ▁Fred ▁Rog ers , ▁who ▁would ▁be ▁played ▁by ▁Tom ▁H anks . ▁The ▁film ' s ▁script ▁by ▁Mic ah ▁Fitz erman - Blue ▁and ▁No ah ▁Har p ster ▁appeared ▁among ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁Black ▁List ▁of ▁best ▁un produ ced ▁screen plays ▁and ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁directed ▁by ▁Mar ielle ▁H eller , ▁while ▁produ cers ▁would ▁be ▁Big ▁Beach ' s ▁Marc ▁T urt le ta ub ▁and ▁Peter ▁Sar