Aside from the occasional role as something like "male page" in "That Thing You Do!," 29-year-old Colin Hanks has tried his best to launch a career completely independent of his double-Oscar dad. But after making a name for himself in movies like "King Kong," the offspring of Tom recently decided that it was time for an on-camera family reunion.

"He worked two days on the movie - it was a bit of a trip," Colin said of his father's recently-filmed role in "The Great Buck Howard." "[Tom] just really wanted to capture on film a father yelling at his son, so we've got that forever on film. Now, he never has to yell at me - he can just put the tape in and press play."

The script behind the scream tells the "Prestige"-like story of a desperate illusionist (played by John Malkovich) whose career is bottoming out when a fresh-faced apprentice (Hanks) gives him the inspiration to pull some new tricks out of the proverbial hat. The duo's partnership angers the young man's father (the older Hanks), who wants his son to choose a more traditional career. Read more...