Tom Hanks is to star in a film written by My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos, reports Variety.

Entitled Talk of the Town, the films is based on an idea came from a pitch from Hanks himself. "Tom will play a man who is forced into a career change when he least expects it," Vardalos told the trade daily.

Hanks can next be seen in The Da Vinci Code, which opens on May 19.