Mattel berusaha menyamai competitornya Hasbro very exhaustive adaptation of toy properties with Universal Pictures, with the announcement that Tom Hanks will star as Major Matt Mason, a live action adaptation of a relatively obscure toy line from the 1960s about a Moon explorer. Graham Yost (Speed; cowriter of Mission to Mars) sedang mengerjakan scriptnya. Major Matt Mason stands out from the rest of the Mattel properties being developed (He-Man, Hot Wheels, etc.) as it is not a property that most people today remember. However, that is no doubt why Tom Hanks was cast as Mason, since the project can be propelled on his star power, nearly as if it is an entirely original property. Mattel likely has plans to relaunch Major Matt Mason as a new toy line in connection to the movie, which might be aided by NASA's current plans to return to the Moon in the future.