Tom Hanks' WWII Thriller Greyhound Crosses Major Streaming Milestone

Over the better part of the last 40 years, Tom Hanks has become one of the most important actors in all of Hollywood. Hanks is a two-time Oscar winner for his performances in back-to-back years in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, and he has also been nominated several other times throughout his career for his roles in Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away and more.

Earlier this year, Hanks reprised his role as Woody in Toy Story 5, which was also one of the first movies to reach the $1 billion milestone at the worldwide box office. He can also be heard as the narrator for one of the best WWII shows of the year, WWII with Tom Hanks. A few years ago, he reunited with Saving Private Ryan director Steven Spielberg to produce the Apple TV WWII show Masters of the Air.

Masters of the Air wasn't the first time Hanks took his talents to an Apple TV project. Back in 2021, Hanks starred in the fan-favorite sci-fi thriller Finch, which has been a streaming hit throughout most of 2026. The year before Finch was released straight to streaming on Apple TV, however, Hanks returned to the WWII genre for the submarine thriller Greyhound, which is still streaming exclusively on Apple TV to this day.

The film has been watched by so many fans this year that it has now been in the top 10 on Apple TV for over 300 days in 2026. That is enough to make it one of the most-watched movies on any streaming platform this year, which sets the stage for the Greyhound sequel in the works.

Here's What We Know About 'Greyhound 2'

Apple TV has not released many details about the second Greyhound film, but it wrapped filming earlier this year and is now in post-production. As he did for the first film, Hanks wrote the script for Greyhound 2 and stars in the film alongside Stephen Graham, who recently won Emmys for his work starring in and writing Adolescence. Now that Greyhound 2 is in post-production, it will likely be sometime in 2027 before the film is released. Aaron Schneider is back as director of Greyhound 2, and Blue Ridge veteran Johnathon Schaech will also star.