A Man Called Otto

This is not the first film that's brought Tom Hanks to Pittsburgh. He also visited Western Pennsylvania for the Pittsburgh shoot of his 2019 Mr. Rogers biopic, ...

Read on to learn more about the Man Called Otto filming locations in Pittsburgh. Rather than recreate the city inside a studio, A Man Called Otto opted to film on location in Pennsylvania city. The notoriously kindly Hanks plays against type as “the grumpiest man in the world” in this 2022 dark comedy, which was adapted from the 2012 Swedish novel A Man Called Ove (which also adapted as a Swedish film in 2015). This is not the first film that’s brought Tom Hanks to Pittsburgh. I thought the crew was terrific, the people were amazing. Thomas Episcopal Church in Oakmont, a steel reinforcing factory known as [Simpson Reinforcing](http://simpsonrebar.com/), Sewickley Cemetery, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Merchant Street in Ambridge, Monroeville Senior Citizens Center, North Park and Max’s Allegheny Tavern.