[FPSPACE] Tom Hanks develops "Major Matt Mason" film for Universal studios

[LARRY KLAES]

And all of his tiny little hammers and wrenches are lost within the

first week.

 

Later on he will meet a big purple and blue alien with glowing eyes.

 

Maybe this is a sign that not only is MMM finally getting his due and

introducing him to a whole new generation of kids, but that we are

at last going back to the Moon and finally getting those bases set up.

 

Hurray for MMM!  And don't forget Sargeant Storm!

 

Larry


 
> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:53:37 +1100
> To: fpspace at stny.rr.com; fpspace at friends-partners.org
> From: routier at iinet.net.au
> Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Tom Hanks develops "Major Matt Mason" film for Universal studios
> 
> 
> An accurate MMM film would include a scene where Mason's arm breaks due to 
> over use, and hangs uselessly by his side. MMM owners know what I'm 
> talking about!
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:17:33 +1100, Friends and Partners in Space 
> <fpspace at stny.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Looks like the value of my MMM collection just shot up 50%... (Hurry! Go 
> > to eBay
> > or buy stock in Mattel while the market is still low! ;-)
> >
> > Tom Hanks develops "Major Matt Mason" film for Universal studios
> > Apollo 13 and Toy Story Star to Play Both an Astronaut and a Toy
> >
> >
> > Tom Hanks, famous for his roles as an astronaut in Apollo 13 and as a 
> > toy in the
> > Toy Story series, is going to get to play both an astronaut and a toy in 
> > a film
> > under development by Universal based on the 1960s action figure, Major 
> > Matt
> > Mason.
> >
> > The Major Matt Mason toys were first introduced by Mattel in the 1960s 
> > to tie
> > into the excitement of NASA's lunar program. The Matt Mason action 
> > figure came
> > with three other figures, Sgt Storm, Doug Davis, a civilian astronaut, 
> > and Lt.
> > Jeff Long, an African American, remarkably twenty years before an actual 
> > African
> > American astronaut, Guy Buford, flew on board the space shuttle. The 
> > Matt Mason
> > action figures came with a three level "space station" (actually a lunar 
> > base),
> > and various battery powered vehicles and accessories. The Major Matt 
> > Mason line
> > was discontinued in the 1970s as interest in the US space program waned.
> >
> > The Major Matt Mason film will be a live action feature, starring Tom 
> > Hanks as
> > Matt Mason, who will also produce along with Gary Goetzman. Graham Yost, 
> > who
> > collaborated with Tom Hanks in the series From Earth to the Moon and who 
> > wrote
> > the Brian De Palma film Mission to Mars, will write the screenplay. 
> > There is no
> > word on who will direct at this time.
> >
> > The Major Matt Mason film will be just the latest in a series of movies 
> > based on
> > toys that are either being filmed or under development. The most famous 
> > of this
> > genre is the upcoming GI: Joe film being directed by Stephen Somers.
> >
> > Tom Hanks will bring to the project, along with considerable artistic 
> > talent, a
> > passion for the space program and space exploration. That passion 
> > certainly
> > showed in Apollo 13 and From Earth to the Moon, the later the definitive
> > dramatization of the Apollo lunar exploration program that originally 
> > aired on
> > HBO. Tom Hanks also produced, co-wrote, and narrated a 3D documentary 
> > about the
> > Apollo Moon landings entitled Magnificent Desolation.
> >
> > Clearly a Major Matt Mason film will serve as a tie in to the current 
> > American
> > lunar effort, scheduled to return astronauts to the Moon about 2019. The 
> > Orion
> > lunar effort has been endorsed by Presidents and Congresses of both 
> > parties and
> > thus there seems every chance of it navigating the political shoals that 
> > might
> > have wrecked such a high profile undertaking. Oddly enough, like Major 
> > Matt
> > Mason's crew, the Orion lunar expedition is designed to have a crew of 
> > four
> > astronauts.
> >
> > And one would expect a new line of toys to be marketed by and by.
> >
> > Source: Apollo 13: A True Life Space Adventure, Mark R. Whittington, 
> > Associated
> > Content, December 7th, 2005
> >
> > Tom Hanks circles 'Major' toy story, Michael Fleming, Variety, March 
> > 24th, 2009
> >
> > Major Matt Mason, Wikipedia
> >
> > Magnificent Desolation: Tom Hanks' Vision of Lunar Exploration, Mark R.
> > Whittington, Associated Content, October 16th, 2009
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > ~JS~
> >
> > JAMES SPELLMAN, JR., DAFC, YA-02
> >
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> >
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> >
> > Cell: (707) 688-7024
> >
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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