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TIL that Tom Hanks enjoyed Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genuis (2001). Hanks conceived the idea for an animated film adaptation of book, The Ant Bully, to Neutron's director, John A. Davis. This led to the 2006 film "The Ant Bully".

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