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Hanks To Play A Toy And An Astronaut As Mattel’s MAJOR MATT MASON!!
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[image] I am – Hercules!! Tom Hanks needs to get back in space! The actor is developing a movie based on Mattel’s satellite-dwelling astronaut action figure Major Matt Mason. It’s with Universal, the same studio that launched the “Toy Story” star into “Apollo 13.” “Mission To Mars” screenwriter Graham Yost, who collaborated with Hanks on “From The Earth To The Moon,” kicks in the screenplay. If the Lightyear-esque doll doesn’t ring a bell, it’s because Mattel stopped manufacturing Matt in the 1970s. Sounds more fun than another sequel to “The DaVinci Code,” am I right? Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here . [image]
Tom Hanks Rides A New Toy Story Into Space
Cinema Blend News —
... live action toy story. Please note the lack of capitalization on toy and story. The movie is called Major Matt Mason , and its based on a vintage Mattel action figure which is so vintage that Ive never heard of it. Of course when I was a kid, if it didnt transform into a truck or a tyrannosaurus I wasnt interested. Major Matt Mason wasnt a transformer, but the leader of an astronaut team working on the moon and living on a space station. The toy line was boxed in the 70s. Variety says the project is being developed specifically as a star vehicle for Hanks. Exactly ...
Tom Hanks will be Major Matt Mason
Total Film News —
Clearly figuring that a man who has some experience playing a toy can help a franchise based on one, Universal is developing Mattel’s Major Matt Mason into a film for Tom Hanks. Hanks will produce the film via his Playtone company and if he likes the script – which regular collaborator Graham Yost is writing – he’ll commit to star. And Mason? Little known in the UK, the Major Matt Mason line was based around a heroic astronaut and his team who work on the moon and live in a space station. Unsurprisingly, it was a big hit across the pond when the Apollo missions were gearing up, but ...
Tom Hanks is ‘Major Matt Mason’
We Are Movie Geeks —
Universal is developing a feature film based on the 1960’s action figure, ‘Major Matt Mason.’ The film will serve as a starring vehicle for Tom Hanks with Graham Yost (’Speed’ and ‘Mission to Mars’) acting as screenwriter.
Introduced in 1966 by Mattel, Major Matt Mason was an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon. The crew he led (the “Men in Space”) were Sgt. Storm, Doug Davis, and Lt. Jeff Long. While working on the moon, the “Men in Space” encountered strange, alien races.
Hanks’ Playtone Pictures will produce the film. Hanks and Yost have ...
Tom Hanks eyes another toy story, as space action figure
Film | guardian.co.uk —
... He provided the voice for Woody, the cowboy hero of Pixar's Toy Story films. But it seems Tom Hanks hasn't yet got the action figure bug out of his system: the Oscar-winning actor is being tapped to play Apollo era favourite Major Matt Mason, Variety reports. ...
Tom Hanks to Star in Major Matt Mason Movie?
Film Junk —
... Looks like Tom Hanks is going to be putting on a space suit again for the first time since Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13. The difference this time around is that the movie won’t be based on a true story, but rather, a Mattel toy line from the 1960s! According to Variety, Hanks is attached to star in a live action movie based on the Major Matt Mason toys, featuring a team of astronauts who work on the moon and live in a space station. ...
Tom Hanks Looks Towards Outer Space For ‘Major Matt Mason’
MTV Movies Blog —
The lure of the toys-into-movies trend is such that not even Tom Hanks is immune! According to Variety, Hanks is set to play 1970s action figure Major Matt Mason in a Universal live action movie. Graham Yost is writing the script, and Hanks will produce under his Playtone banner.
Unlike “Transformers” or “Stretch Armstrong,” Matt Mason isn’t a figure a lot of us played with, as he was originally developed in the 1960s to ride the NASA buzz.
Mason was the leader of an astronaut team (which was surprisingly multi-ethnic for the ’60s) that lived and worked on the moon, and fought ...
The Morning Take: Wed., March 25
Carpetbagger —
... in mind - special rooms with sound and lighting facilities will be created to make it easier for movie companies to stage the kind of assembly line television interviews that junkets require. And the usual clutch of potential casting choices… Tom Hanks, whose enthusiasm for space travel is well known, may star in a big-screen adventure based on the vintage action toy “Major Matt Mason,” about the leader of a moon mission… John Hamm of TV’s “MadMen” has ...
Tom Hanks Doing Another Moon Travel Thing
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever —
... for a meeting, they brought an arsenal of the Matt Mason figures. Hanks came armed with his own.
50-something nerds and Rusty Brown are going to be so pissed if this isn't right. "Civilian astronaut Doug Davis is supposed to have a YELLOW suit and BROWN hair! Thanks for ruining my distant childhood, Hanks!"
My guess for the next obscure, collectible toy to become a film: those Happy Meal toys that transformed between robots and McDonald's food packaging.
Tom Hanks circles 'Major' toy story [Variety]
The Toys to Movies Trend -- Kitschy or Annoying?
Cinematical —
By now you've probably heard that Tom Hanks is looking to play an astronaut action figure -- which is either charming, or meta, or a sign that the universe is collapsing in on itself somehow. To be fair, though, Hanks' Major Matt Mason project (read more about it over on Variety) is the only one I can find it in my heart to ...
Tom Hanks attached to star in 'Matt Mason'
The Screening Log —
Tom Hanks is attached to star in "Major Matt Mason," Universal Pictures' big-screen flick based on Mattel's action figure.
Mattel introduced the toy in 1966. Mason was a brave astronaut who worked on the moon and lived in a spacestation. The line was dropped in the early 1970s.
Variety says Graham Yost, whose credits include "Speed," "Broken Arrow" and "Mission to Mars," is set to write the screenplay.
Hanks recently starred in "Charlie Wilson's War." He will return as Robert Langdon in Ron Howard's "Angels & Demons" May 15, 2009.
Expect more flicks based on Mattel toys in the future. ...
REEL TALK MIXTAPE - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th
Reel Talk —
... Tom Hanks may be doing the toy thing again, but this time, he won’t actually be playing the plaything. Variety reports that Hanks will star in Universal’s “Major Matt Mason,” a film based on the 1966 Mattel action figure of the same name. Mason is the leader of a team of astronauts living in a space station on the moon. The article says that the Mason toy was a success during the time leading up to the first manned mission to the moon, but was discontinued in the 1970s. ...
