Tom Hanks is ready for a different kind of toy story, having signed on to star in a live-action feature based on Mattel's 1960s astronaut action figure MAJOR MATT MASON, via VARIETY. SPEED scribe Graham Yost is penning the screenplay.
Hanks will also serve as producer with Playtone partner Gary Goetzman.
Hanks would play Mason, the leader of an astronaut team that conducts operations on the moon via a space station nearby. Mattel discontinued the toy line in the 1970s.
Mattel execs Tim Kilpin and Barry Waldo will exec produce.
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