Few movie stars have had as successful of a career as Tom Hanks, and although he’s now almost 70 years old, he’s showing no signs of slowing down. Hanks can be seen narrating the new WWII series, World War II with Tom Hanks, which is blowing up on streaming around the world after a successful premiere. Hanks also executive produces the show, which he also did for the Apple TV World War II series, Masters of the Air (co-starring Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan). Hanks has plenty of experience with the World War II genre, and not just with the obvious Steven Spielberg collaboration, Saving Private Ryan. Back in 2020, Hanks headlined one of the biggest Apple TV movies of all time in Greyhound, which was such a success that the studio is hard at work on a sequel.
Shortly after the premiere of Greyhound, Tom Hanks returned to Apple TV for a movie that couldn’t be more different from his hit WWII epic. Hanks returned to Cast Away form for the 2021 sci-fi thriller, Finch, which is streaming exclusively on Apple TV both in America and globally. Like Greyhound, Finch was not given a theatrical release and was instead released straight onto streaming — this was viewed as controversial upon its premiere, with fans highlighting how much they would have liked to watch the film on a big screen. Still, it’s been over five years since the premiere of Finch, and the film continues to hang around in the Apple TV top 10 in a handful of countries around the world.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
The Matrix
Mad Max
Blade Runner
Dune
Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Is ‘Finch’ About?
The official synopsis for Finch, which holds scores of 74% from critics and 68% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows:
“In a devastated, post-apocalyptic world, terminally ill robotics engineer Finch Weinberg races against time to build a humanoid robot to care for his beloved dog, Goodyear, after he’s gone. As man, machine, and dog journey west across a scorched America, Finch teaches his creation what it truly means to be human.”
Ivor Powell and Craig Luck wrote the script for Finch, and Miguel Sapochnik stepped behind the camera to direct the film. Sapochnik is best known for his work directing episodes of Game of Thrones and its spin-off, House of the Dragon, which returns with a new season on June 21.
Check out Finch on Apple TV, and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Hanks’ future projects.
