Tom Hanks is to play Major Matt Mason in a live-action movie about the Mattel toy.

This has subsequently been denied, but rumours have speculated that Wolverine 2 is being written by Simon Beaufoy, the writer of Slumdog Millionaire.

Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan and Rome’s Kevin McKidd have signed on to star in Percy Jackson, a fantasy adventure movie involving a host of Greek gods.

Zac Efron is to star in The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud, a story about a caretaker working at a cemetary.