Sony's much-anticipated biopic of the late Hank Williams has set a release date, and it's perfectly timed for Oscar consideration.

Watch the trailer for the Hank Williams biopic 'I Saw the Light,' due in theaters in March 2016.

While moviegoers will line up to see the Hank Williams biopic in theaters this weekend, one person will be missing from the films' audience; the country singer's grandson.

Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams in I Saw The Light: First lookThe film, written and directed by Marc Abraham, is named for Williams’ 1948 song of the same name and based on the 1994 book Hank ...

The final scene of “I Saw the Light,” a biopic about folk legend Hank Williams, shows a packed theater on New Year’s Day in 1953. They’re waiting for Hank to come out, but instead get a ...

The Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light is slated to hit theaters April 1, 2016, starring Tom Hiddleston. Watch the trailer here.

'I Saw the Light,' a movie based on the life of Hank Williams, will open in theaters November 28th with Tom Hiddleston in the lead role.

Can a Londoner pull off playing one of the most influential folks in the history of country music? Well, as you can see from this first image from the biopic "I Saw The Light," Tom Hiddleston ...

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams in a scene from, "I Saw The Light." (Sam Emerson/Sony Pictures Classics via AP) ...

As the opening credits roll in the Hank Williams biopic "I Saw the Light," we get our first glimpse of Tom Hiddleston as the country music star. He is hunched over on a stool and illuminated by a ...

Elizabeth Olsen and Tom Hiddleston as Audrey and Hank Williams in “I Saw the Light.” Sam Emerson Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams in “I Saw The Light,” written and directed by Marc Abraham.