Tom Hanks' MAJOR MATT MASON Sci-Fi Film Moves Forward With Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman

Tom Hanks has been attached to star in a big screen adaptation of Mattel’s 1960s Major Matt Mason sci-fi action figure line for over ten years. It looks like Paramount Pictures is finally ready to move forward with the project and get it into production.

The studio has hired Akiva Goldsman to write a new version of the script that was previously written by Graham Yost. Goldsman previously worked with Hanks on The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. The film will be based on a short story about the character from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon.

Major Matt Mason is an astronaut who lives and works on the moon. The toy’s popularity coincided with America’s own space race in the ’60s, and has a bench of supporting characters like a space crew and alien allies and villains. 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.

This is actually a film project that I’ve been looking forward to seeing. I hate that it’s taken so long to actually get made, but at least no one has given up on it and it’s moving forward! There’s no word on if Robert Zemeckis is still attached to produce it.

Source: Variety

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