Hanks, who spoke to correspondent Lee Cowan in 2017, is a well-known typewriter enthusiast with an extensive personal collection. Hanks has long championed the machines' appeal.

Nerdist founder and host Chris Hardwick "typed" his way into Tom Hanks' heart earlier this week, luring the award-winning actor to appear on his podcast with a 1934 Smith Corona typewriter as bait ...

Talk about typecasting: Tom Hanks has a book deal for a collection of stories inspired in part by his personal collection of typewriters, The Associated Press reports. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf ...