Walt Disney is bringing The Odd Life of Timothy Green to the big screen, and promises that it will be the most magical family movie of the year! The family drama/comedy is
rated PG and will be released on August 15, 2012. The film tells the story of a married couple without children, until young Timothy arrives straight from their garden and brings a whole new and unexpected source of inspiration and happiness to their lives. The Odd Life of Timothy Green is directed by Peter Hedges (Dan in Real Life) and stars Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Dianne Wiest, CJ Adams, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, M. Emmet Walsh, Odeya Rush, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lois Smith, David Morse and Common.
You can visit the site for the film here. Have a look at the new TV spot and a more information on the charitable sock drive Disney is campaigning after the jump…
Burbank, CA (July 10, 2012) – The Walt Disney Studios announced today that they worked with Hanes, who is collaborating with the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM), to launch “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” Sock Drive on July 9, 2012, aimed at providing new socks for families in need across the U.S.
People are asked to take new pairs of socks to any of the community drop-off locations nationwide between July 9 and September 3, 2012. Besides the community locations, people may also drop off socks at Carmike and Marcus theaters in their communities. Hanes will be standing by to match donations up to 10,000 pairs of socks. AGRM will distribute the socks to the families they aid.
Learn more about the Sock Drive, here.