Plot Details for Tom Hanks' MAJOR MATT MASON Film

Back in 2009 it was reported that Tom Hanks would be developing a big screen adaptation of the 1966 sci-fi action figure Major Matt Mason. As a collector and fan of action figures, the fact that this was going to get the big screen treatment excited me. The movie has a lot of potential, and has all the right elements to make a very fun and entertaining movie. 

For those of you not familiar, Major Matt Mason was an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon. When introduced in 1966, the figures were initially based on design information found in Life Magazine, Air Force Magazine, Jane's, and other aviation, and space-interest periodicals. Later, the line would attempt to transition into the realm of science fiction.

The script for the film was written by Graham Yost, and in a recent interview with Reuters he talked a little bit about the film's plot and setting, saying,

The story is set on the moon, near future, and it's a team of people on a base on the moon, on the south pole of the moon. And of course everything goes wrong. There's no bad guys. There's no aliens. Nothing like that. It's just, can you survive? It's really fun, and it's just been a blast working with Tom on that. We had such a good time on 'From Earth to the Moon' that it's sort of like, 'We've got to go back to the moon. Some way, somehow, let's go back to the moon.

I'm excited to see this movie finally start to take shape, and Hanks is such a great fit for the lead character. It's going to be so cool to see how they design everything for the project. What are your thoughts on this?