Hanks to be big fat talk of the town

Tom Hanks' next movie project is to be a romantic comedy entitled Talk Of The Town.

Currently Nia Vardalos, the writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is in talks to pen the script for the new movie.

Before work on Talk Of The Town gets off the ground Hanks has a busy year ahead of him.

He will be reunited with British director Sam Mendes in Charlie Wilson's War, after the pair worked together on Road To Perdition, and will work with One Hour Photo director Mark Romanek in the mystery drama A Cold Case.

Hanks is also going to star in Lawrence Kasdan's (Wyatt Earp, The Accidental Tourist) comedy The Risk Pool and in The Great Buck Howard, along with his son Colin Hanks (King Kong).

Meanwhile Vardalos is lined up to write and star in the romantic comedy I Hate Valentine's Day and there is a possibility of a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

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