Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan reunite for her directorial debut

You’ve Got Mail stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks have reunited onscreen for Ithaca, which marks the actress’ directorial debut.

Hanks is doing a cameo in the movie, which is adapted from William Saroyan’s 1943 novel The Human Comedy.

The story revolves around a teenage boy, Homer (Alex Neustaedter), who comes of age working as a telegraph messenger in the hopes of supporting his recently widowed mother (Ryan) after her eldest boy is shipped off to fight during World War II.

Ryan’s real son, Jack Quaid, is also a part of the film besides Hamish Linklater and Sam Shepard. Hanks makes an emotional cameo in the film as the deceased husband of Ryan’s character.

It took a day for Hanks to shoot the cameo but Ryan was touched with the gesture.