Tom Hanks to star as action figure Major Matt Mason

*Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions will produce a 3D movie based on '60s
action figure Major Matt Mason, with the actor looking to take the
lead role.*

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Major Matt Mason is one of three
adaptations that Playtone has lined up, the other two being a TV
version of Neil Gaiman's American Gods for HBO and film based on Green
Day's American Idiot musical.

Major Matt Mason was an astronaut action figure who took part in
imaginary adventures on the moon in the 1960s.

After initially being reality-based, the brand verged towards sci-fi
territory as Mason took on aliens led by Captain Lazer.

Frequent Hanks collaborator Robert Zemeckis is in talks to direct the
3D live-action film, working from a screenplay by Hanks and Graham
Yost.

The film has a tentative budget of $100m. Playtone Pictures previously
produced Imax documentary _Magnificent Desolation: Walking On The Moon
3D_.

Tom Hanks will next be seen in _Larry Crowne_, which he also directed.
It opens on 1 July 2011.

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