It's never too early to pick fresh Oscar bait!
Tom Hanks and dicey situations--both based on a true story and imagined—often equal Academy Award nominations, and his heroics in the upcoming Captain Phillips could easily add to his career haul.
The two-time Oscar winner plays real-life Captain Richard Phillips, whose Maersk Alabama was attacked by Somali pirates in 2009, the first hijacking of an American cargo ship in 200 years.--