Tom Hanks is attached to star in an untitled Cold War project written by Matt Charman and produced by Marc Platt according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie will tell the true story of James Donovan, a lawyer who was thrust into the center of the Cold War when he was chosen to negotiate the release of downed U-2 spy plane pilot. There are rumors that Steven Spielberg is in talks to direct the film. If the director does indeed make this movie with Hanks, it would be the fourth feature film between the Spielberg and the actor. Hanks and Spielberg have previously collaborated on the war film "Saving Private Ryan," "The Terminal," and "Catch Me If You Can." They also worked together as producers on the acclaimed HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."

Speculation of Spielberg's next directorial effort has been hot on the news these days. Other contenders which could bring the famous director behind the camera include "Robopocalypse," a futuristic sci-fi movie, and Montezuma, which a religious drama about the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and the famous Aztec ruler. Spielberg has yet to commit to any new project since dropping out of "American Sniper" last year.

This isn't the first time that Tom Hanks worked on a Cold War movie; back in 2007, he was in the movie "Charlie Wilson's War," also starring Julia Roberts. Unfortunately the movie was not as popular as Hanks had hoped, perhaps because the genial actor was playing the part of a drunken, womanizing Democrat Congressman, whom the movie claimed had won the Cold War, and President Ronald Reagan was a bystander. While Reagan had finally started getting the credit he deserves from historians, Hanks and director Mike Nichols' movie tried to steal his thunder with "Charlie Wilson's War," which was scripted by the Academy Award winning writer Aaron Sorkin. "Charlie Wilson's War" also did horribly in the box office.