<p>Tom</a> Hanks to star in "Major Matt Mason"</p>
<p>Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Source - Variety</p>
<p>Tom Hanks is set to produce and star in "Major Matt Mason," a live-action film based on the vintage Mattel action figure. The toy line started in 1966. </p>
<p>Mason was the leader of a team of astronauts that lived in a space station and worked on the moon.</p>
<p>Hanks will produce with his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman. Matel exec Barry Waldo will serve as an executive producer.</p>
<p>Hanks can be seen next alongside his son in "The Great Buck Howard" indie from Magnolia Pictures. After that, he's up in "Angels & Demons," the controversial follow-up to the "The Da Vinci Code."</p>